What We’re Watching in Climate Now
February 10, 2023
2022 was a historic year for both climate policy and disasters. The year saw historic investments in clean energy, electric vehicles and home…
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Water and Civilization: Resilience and Collapse
September 10, 2021
Water is essential for life, and throughout human history we have sought to control and make use of it. As Giulio Boccaletti explores in his new book…
Living with Climate Disruption
April 22, 2021
We’ve been living with the impacts of a changing climate for years, but those impacts don’t all hit the same way. A wildfire amplified by…
Julia Fay Bernal
Director, Pueblo Action Alliance
Flooding in America
August 14, 2020
“We had one of the snowiest winters on record in Lincoln and Omaha,” reports Martha Shulski of the Nebraska Climate Office. She’s describing the…
Faith Kearns
Scientist, California Institute for Water Resources
Water Whiplash
May 25, 2017
Over the past few years, many parts of the country have experienced wetter wets and drier drys. California has seen five years of severe drought –…
Killing the Colorado
February 16, 2017
Every year, 41 million Americans take more water out of the Colorado than nature puts into it. How can we continue to share an ever-shrinking…
C1 Revue: Surviving a Megadrought
November 1, 2016
After last winter’s rains, Californians breathed a collective sigh of relief. But short-term weather is not the same as long-term climate. And state…
Is California Entering a Megadrought?
July 14, 2016
As the dry spell continues, studies show that California could be facing a megadrought lasting decades. How do we adjust to the “new normal” in our…