Tag: Explainer

Workers in safety gear plant a small tree on a city sidewalk, surrounded by parked cars and landscaping tools.
  • Business Business

Cities could cut dangerous urban heat in half by planting more trees

A close-up of a beet plant with vibrant red stems and green leaves emerging from the soil.
  • Tech Tech

Indian farmers say the seasons no longer follow the calendar as climate shifts threaten crops

A supercell thunderstorm in Oklahoma.
  • Tech Tech

Rare 'mother ship' supercell turns Oklahoma sunset into an otherworldly spectacle

Wildfire smoke rises from a forested area behind a residential neighborhood with autumn foliage.
  • Outdoors Outdoors

'We're not really out of the woods yet': Pennsylvania wildfires surge as drought rewrites fire season

An aerial view of a coastal area featuring houses, sand, and water as storm clouds approach.
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As hurricane season nears, South Florida homeowners are gambling on no insurance

A person in gloves measures and cuts a plywood board to fit over a window.
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Homeowners in Florida and Louisiana now face a $4,500 'hurricane tax'

A vibrant sunset casts orange hues over a beach with silhouetted figures walking along the shoreline.
  • Tech Tech

Gulf waters are heating twice as fast as the world's oceans, supercharging hurricane risk

A vibrant aurora borealis lights up the night sky over a suburban neighborhood.
  • Outdoors Outdoors

Aurora could light up skies in 20 states Thursday night as solar storm reaches Earth

A blue SUV with open doors and a raised rear hatch, showcasing a modern interior against an industrial backdrop.
  • Tech Tech

Families are begging for EV minivans, but the US market still has almost none

Palm trees sway in heavy rain and mist, with blurred outlines of structures in a tropical setting.
  • Outdoors Outdoors

Scientists say every single hurricane is getting wetter as climate change worsens flood threat

An aerial view of a suburban neighborhood with houses, streets, and a central pond surrounded by trees.
  • Business Business

Florida's private home insurance market has effectively collapsed as hurricane season nears

A dry river and land caused by El Niño.
  • Outdoors Outdoors

A record-shattering El Niño may be on the way, and it could test the world's limits

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