Hurricanes can harm people not just by causing injuries, but also by flooding hospitals that would otherwise deliver needed treatment.
Wild weather on the West Coast in February 2018
February 22, 2019
The Ogallala Aquifer has supported agricultural needs in multiple states for decades, but the aquifer is being drained faster than it is being replenished.
Cities and states across the U.S. already engage in emission mitigation activities. Continuing to reduce emissions will save thousands of lives and billions of dollars.
From declining reindeer populations to a younger, thinner ice pack, here are four image-based stories from the 2018 Arctic Report Card.
September 2018 was the second-highest on record, and all five years since 2014 have been warmer than any prior records.
Reindeer and caribou abundance has declined 56 percent over the past two decades.