The world's largest tropical wetland is not supposed to burn, and yet, Brazil's Pantanal is on fire ~enviro climate change Article 822 words 9 votes
As Seattle residents have taken measures to keep wildfire smoke out of their homes, they say another problem has emerged: Increased carbon dioxide levels and decreased air flow in their homes ~enviro pollution.air Article 1009 words 8 votes
Climate change will force a new American migration - Life is becoming increasingly untenable in the hardest-hit areas, which could cause millions of people to relocate ~enviro climate change Article 6048 words 20 votes
Severe wildfire conditions will continue across California, but pattern shift will improve air quality ~enviro pollution.air Article 1680 words 6 votes
Oregon residents are illegally stopping drivers at gunpoint during wildfire evacuations, sheriff says ~enviro Article 16 votes
A desperate rescue: A father's heartbreaking attempt to save his family from a raging fire ~life nsfw.nsfl family Article 1155 words 9 votes
California El Dorado wildfire sparked by device to reveal baby's gender ~enviro Article 591 words 14 votes
Louisiana’s weak environmental laws are keeping residents in the dark about health risks in the wake of Hurricane Laura's path through dozens of major petrochemical plants and oil refineries ~enviro pollution Article 2097 words 8 votes
Extreme heat wave targets California as wildfires rage ~enviro climate change Article 1297 words 7 votes
2,000-year-old redwoods survive wildfire at California's oldest state park ~enviro Article 497 words 8 votes
CA Gov. Gavin Newsom: By this point last year, 4,292 fires had burned 56,000 acres. This year, 7,002 fires have chewed through more than 1.4 million acres. ~enviro Article 1509 words, published Aug 24 2020 7 votes
National Hurricane Center nailed track forecast for Laura within a mile and three days in advance ~enviro Article 858 words 9 votes
Why one expert predicts a major hurricane hitting Houston would be "America's Chernobyl" ~enviro pollution Article 2425 words 8 votes
Record heat, unprecedented lightning fire siege in Northern California; more dry lightning to come ~enviro Article 1801 words 11 votes
Hundreds of workers fell ill after cleaning up America’s largest industrial disaster without proper gear. At least fifty have died. Twelve years later, they’re still waiting for help ~enviro pollution Article 2348 words 10 votes
Taking hard line, Greece turns back migrants by abandoning them at sea ~news greece Article 1844 words 10 votes
Android is now the world’s largest earthquake detection network ~tech android google Article 707 words 7 votes
Ancient Rome was teetering. Then a volcano erupted 6,000 miles away ~humanities.history Article 2010 words, published Jun 22 2020 5 votes
The Atlantic hurricane season is off to a record fast start and is likely to get worse ~enviro climate change Article 1226 words 8 votes
California severely short on firefighting crews after COVID-19 lockdown at prison camps ~enviro Article 1428 words 9 votes
Risk of 40°C/104°F heat in the UK ‘rapidly increasing’, says Met Office—a temperature never before recorded in the UK could possibly occur as frequently as once every 3.5 years by 2100 ~enviro climate change Article 1066 words 11 votes
Hundreds of elephants dead in mysterious mass die-off ~enviro conservation Article 750 words 11 votes
Siberian wildfires swell amid historic heatwave, as highs of 38°C reported north of the arctic circle ~enviro climate change Link 8 votes
Iceland hit by thousands of quakes and threat of volcanic eruption – the island nation has experienced increased seismic activity in the past month ~science Article 438 words, published Jun 18 2020 10 votes
Overconsumption and growth economy key drivers of environmental crises ~enviro sustainability climate change Article 968 words 7 votes
Worst attack in twenty-seven years: Swarms of locusts destroy crops in several Indian states ~enviro Article 2036 words 13 votes
Pakistan plane crash survivor: 'All I could see was fire' ~news pakistan.karachi Article 750 words 6 votes
Sweden suffers one of its strongest earthquakes at an Arctic iron ore mine – quake measured magnitude 4.1 and forced the mine to close ~enviro Article 331 words 8 votes
The Hongerwinter: How famine under the Nazis revealed the cause of celiac disease ~humanities.history Article 1605 words, published Mar 29 2018 6 votes
RIP Captain Jen Casey -RCAF Snowbirds Public Affairs Officer that perished in crash today ~transport Article 1322 words 7 votes
2000-2010 drought in Upper Missouri River Basin driest in 1,200 years ~enviro climate change Article 420 words 7 votes
Famine is a choice. One billion people are now food-insecure. But starvation is not an inevitability ~food Article 1279 words 5 votes
The real Lord of the Flies: What happened when six boys were shipwrecked for fifteen months ~humanities.history Article 2744 words 32 votes
Experts knew a pandemic was coming. Here’s what they’re worried about next ~enviro Article 173 words 16 votes
Finland has become the latest European country to agree to house dozens of asylum-seeking minors from over-crowded Greek refugee camps ~news finland greece Article 311 words, published Apr 16 2020 4 votes
A well-known attorney helped land a $2 billion settlement for Gulf Coast seafood-industry workers. But who was he really representing? ~finance Article 7271 words 5 votes
Awakening volcanic region in Iceland could cause disruption for centuries – Reykjanes peninsula's last active period started in 10th century and lasted 300 years ~science Article 516 words 6 votes
Venezuelan patrol ship sunk itself after ramming a cruise liner with a reinforced hull ~transport Article 1186 words 9 votes
A major scorecard gives the health of Australia’s environment less than one out of ten ~enviro climate change Article 1338 words 3 votes
Floodlines - An eight-part narrative podcast thoroughly reassessing Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, fifteen years later ~enviro Article 133 words 4 votes