This city currently has the worst air quality in America

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Tornadoes tore across the country. Why weren’t they deadlier?

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How climate change is raising the risks of another pandemic

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A streak of record global heat nears one-year mark

April marked an 11th consecutive month of record global heat, the latest sign that humans are in uncharted climate terri...

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This technology didn’t cause Dubai’s floods, scientists say. Here’s why.

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An ‘extremely active’ hurricane season is headed our way, experts warn

An “extremely active” Atlantic hurricane season is likely this year, a key preseason forecast warns, with chances for lo...

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Weather Service radar, warning systems fail during severe storm outbreak

A network outage knocked out National Weather Service radar systems and many forecast offices’ capability to issue torna...

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As record ocean heat enters second year, scientists fear irreversible shift

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Fatal heat wave strikes unspoiled swath of Great Barrier Reef

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A big change is coming to the indispensable hurricane cone. It may help you better prepare.

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Hurricanes are getting so intense, scientists propose a Category 6

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Massive wildfires are a new threat to Chile. Here’s why they’re so deadly.

Chileans have for years been adapting to the threat of tsunamis, learning the importance of developing evacuation plans,...

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El Niño’s end may be near. Here’s what’s coming next.

Signs of a historically strong El Niño global climate pattern became obvious in recent weeks — including deadly fires in...

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Why a hot Atlantic has hurricane forecasters very worried

Hurricane season is still more than three months away, but in parts of the tropical Atlantic, it feels like we might as...

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How Texas’s Smokehouse Creek Fire became state’s second largest ever

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