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The Dutch have mastered water for a millennium. Could their new approach save New Orleans?
This is the first installment of a Times-Picayune and Advocate series exploring how the Netherlands’ climate change adaptation strategies could be a model for the Louisiana coast. The series was produced in collaboration with WWNO New Orleans Public Radio and Climate Central.
National: Bar graph of overall U.S. billion-dollar disasters by decade (2020)
The 2010s had the most billion-dollar disasters in 34 of 52 states and territories (65%)
State: Bar graph of billion-dollar disasters by decade (2020)
With four decades of disaster data, the trend is not our friend. Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters are rising in most states, even after adjusting for inflation
Could Kennedy Space Center launch pads be at risk as climate changes? Experts say yes
Created to propel humankind beyond the limits of Earth, Kennedy Space Center is now facing a terrestrial threat — the warming of our home planet, leading to sea level rise, erosion and catastrophic flooding — that could hinder our push to deep space.
2019 Billion Dollar Disasters: Weather and Climate Impacts by State Map
2019 marks the fifth straight year with at least ten U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters—showing the increasing cost of extreme weather as the climate warms.
2019 Billion Dollar Disasters: Weather and Climate Impacts Map
2019 marks the fifth straight year with at least ten U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters—showing the increasing cost of extreme weather as the climate warms.
2019 Billion-Dollar Disasters
2019 marks the fifth straight year with at least ten U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters—showing the increasing cost of extreme weather as the climate warms.
Halloween and October Nights
In this week’s climate spooktacular, Climate Central looks at Halloween weather extremes and how October nights have warmed.
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