Severe Storms & Flooding
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Hoboken, NJ Launches the Latest Climate Liability Suit Against Big Oil
In the latest in a groundswell of climate liability lawsuits, the coastal city of Hoboken, New Jersey is suing six fossil giants as well ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSoil & Natural Sequestration
Multiple Threats Drive Population Losses for 59% of Canada’s Species at Risk
More than half of Canada’s species at risk have seen their populations fall over the last five decades, and those that appear on the ... -
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Hurricane Laura Delivers Predictable, Preventable Damage to Marginalized Communities
As the residents of Louisiana’s industry-heavy coast begin the long work of recovering from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Laura—and the highly toxic chemical ... -
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Naming Heat Waves Like Hurricanes Would Boost Awareness, Experts Say
As triple-digit heat becomes commonplace around the world, public health experts and climate scientists are asking policy-makers to take a page from the handbook ... -
BuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5EncoreEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Sea Level Rise Drives ‘Extraordinary’ Flooding on U.S. Atlantic, Gulf Coasts
The Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States have seen an “extraordinary” increase in high-tide flooding since 2000, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... -
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WMO Sees ‘Enormous Challenge’ to Hit Paris Targets as 1.5°C Warming Looms
There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five ... -
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Arctic Ice Loss to Bring Six-Metre Waves, More Coastal Erosion
An ice-free Arctic summer will bring surging ocean swells to northern seas by 2080—meaning community-battering coastal waves and six-metre mid-ocean monsters that will menace ...
