Climate-related disasters cost...

May 15, 2013 by

Schools and roads are nice to have.

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Climate Tipping Point? Concent...

May 13, 2013 by

For First Time in Human History

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Where did all the tornadoes go...

May 7, 2013 by

The drought that parched much of the nation during the past year didn’t just stunt crops..

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Camarillo Wildfire No Longer &...

May 5, 2013 by

[Translate] The Huffington Post  Thanks To Cooler Weather 05/05/13 12:29 PM ET EDT   CAMARILLO, Calif. — Cool, moist air...

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Fracking threatens to escalate...

May 3, 2013 by

One of fracking’s few but feverishly touted upsides..

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James Hansen on Climate Change

Apr 25, 2013 by

The country’s leading climatologist talks about what our future looks like…

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Flood-drought-flood: Is this t...

Apr 22, 2013 by

The good news: Heavy rainfall across the Midwest has helped ease a widespread drought.

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CHART: Withering Drought Still...

Apr 4, 2013 by

The $50 billion drought that bedeviled the country last Summer—

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The Drought Is Drying Up All O...

Apr 3, 2013 by

Bill Pracht has bad memories of last summer.

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Climate change could kill big ...

Feb 26, 2013 by

Western states fighting for each other’s water may be missing the big picture.

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How Climate Change is Destroyi...

Feb 25, 2013 by

Thanks to extensive research and noticeable changes in weather and storm prevalence,..

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Satellite Tracking of Middle E...

Feb 24, 2013 by

Jay Famiglietti, one of the authors of an important new study …

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Could extreme weather save far...

Feb 22, 2013 by

After a seriously dry run, some drought-stricken farmers have gotten a bit of a reprieve. Snow dumping this week on the country’s potential future dust bowl is great news for suffering, parched wheat crops.
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Corn shortage idles 20 ethanol...

Feb 12, 2013 by

Fuel is plentiful, but long drought could cut supply.

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Can USDA’s climate reality mes...

Feb 10, 2013 by

As Grist reported earlier this week, the USDA released a massive report on climate change and U.S. agriculture.

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New-old disaster aid may be co...

Feb 7, 2013 by

Last year, American farmers saw the worst drought in more than half a century.

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Feds Look At Reducing Flow Fro...

Feb 6, 2013 by

Two of the Great Lakes have hit their lowest water levels ever recorded..

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Drought and Fracking Don’...

Jan 28, 2013 by

In chemistry you quickly discover that oil and water don’t mix. The same is true in the energy industry.

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2012 was a record year for wor...

Jan 26, 2013 by

We get so caught up in the economic damage wrought by Sandy that we forget the damage done by last year’s other major environmental crisis in America:

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Crop Production Boosted 145% i...

Jan 21, 2013 by

Farmers are some of the unsung heroes in our world;

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FROM SEA TO RISING SEA

Jan 15, 2013 by

Just reading about the government’s massive new report outlining what climate change has in store for the U.S. is sobering.

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The ongoing drought may revers...

Jan 10, 2013 by

The state of Michigan has an advertising campaign, “Pure Michigan,” ….

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Climate Change Ushers in New K...

Jan 10, 2013 by

Droughts, fires and heat waves have sent the price of hay skyrocketing –…

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Drought Lingers, Winter Wheat ...

Jan 8, 2013 by

Weather is a complex, multi-tiered phenomenon,…

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The year in food and farming

Dec 27, 2012 by

It’s been quite a year for food and farming coverage here at Grist.

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Expanding Dust Bowls in China ...

Dec 21, 2012 by

“The greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history”

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VIDEO: Drought, Floods, and On...

Dec 21, 2012 by

2012, the hottest year on record in the United States…

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New study predicts extreme cli...

Dec 18, 2012 by

From extreme drought to super storms, many wonder what the future holds for the climate…

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Have We Reached Peak Farmland?

Dec 17, 2012 by

The amount of land needed to grow crops worldwide is at a peak…

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Meet California’s Climat...

Dec 17, 2012 by

Here are scientists and policy makers in the Sacramento….

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