As dangers rise, we must slow global warming
We plan our lives around the seasons — and the weather patterns we’ve come to expect.
But a hotter atmosphere is upending those patterns: Air and ocean currents are shifting, while more evaporation fuels disastrous deluges in some areas and drier droughts in others.
That means more intense hurricanes, heat waves, wildfires and floods.
Yet we can still turn this around by slashing carbon and methane pollution and tapping nature’s unsung solutions.
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Our world in extreme weather
Resources
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on extreme weather.
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How the Supreme Court put the nation’s wetlands at risk
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Environmental Defense Fund, Regional Plan Association Release Report that Identifies Ways to Measure Climate Resilience
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Developing effective ways to measure a community’s climate resilience
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Coalition in Puerto Rico Presents Alternative Solutions to Build Flood Resilience along the Puerto Nuevo River
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PACE Crop Insurance helps an Illinois farmer improve conservation and save money
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Illuminating coastal seas: A new paradigm for ocean observing
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Our extreme weather experts
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Kate Boicourt
Director, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds
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Eric Holst
Associate Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions
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Carolyn Kousky
Associate Vice President, Economics and Policy Analysis
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Fiona Lo
Climate Scientist
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Will McDow
Senior Director, Climate Resilient Watersheds
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Ilissa Ocko
Senior Climate Scientist II, Barbra Streisand Chair of Environmental Studies
Media contact
Cecile Brown
(202) 271-6534 (office)