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N.J. Is Warming at An Alarming Rate and It’s Making Our Air Harder to Breathe
This warming trend, combined with pollution from cars, power plants and chemical plants, is expected to increase the number of days each year that New Jersey residents inhale unsafe levels of ozone pollution.
AMERICAN WARMING: The Fastest-Warming Cities and States in the U.S.
Local temperature data from 1970 to 2018 shows warming trends across the country — and Americans are already feeling the effects.
A Change in the Air: Earlier Springs Bring Allergies and Asthma to Hard-Hit San Antonio
San Antonio is one of the most challenging cities for spring allergies sufferers, and rising temperatures are making it worse.
POLLEN PROBLEMS: Climate Change, the Growing Season, and America’s Allergies
Millions of Americans suffer from seasonal allergies—and climate change is prolonging their season of suffering.
CLIMATE PILE-UP: Global Warming’s Compounding Dangers
Recent research shows that unchecked warming pollution could bring concurrent climate crises to U.S. cities by midcentury — and that emissions cuts could reduce the danger.
ON THIN ICE: How Climate Change is Shaping Winter Recreation
Winters are heating up, with serious consequences for America’s cold-weather sports economy.
Want to Build a Delaware Beach House? Expect Regular Floodwaters in 30 Years
Between 2010 and 2017 more than 700 homes in Delaware — worth roughly $500 million — were built on land that’s projected to be inundated at least once a year on average by 2050 unless pricey measures are taken to keep the water away.
Rising Tides: How Near-Daily Flooding of America’s Shorelines Could Become the Norm
Minor floods, and the damage and disruption they cause, have grown far more common in the last few decades.
