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California’s Climate Has Come Unmoored

February 7, 2024

Photo of a person holding an umbrella beside the Los Angeles River during heavy rains

Shrugging Off the Apocalypse

February 6, 2024

Stormy sky over California

Hurricanes Are Too Fast for Category 5

February 5, 2024

In this handout photo provided by NASA, Hurricane Patricia is pictured from the International Space Station. The hurricane made landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico on October 23.

First Comes the Hurricane, Then the Evictions

January 2, 2024

Severe flooding along the New Jersey coast

Pack Your Memories Into Your Disaster Bag

Ayurella Horn-Muller

December 30, 2023

Photos of flooding, as well as of family Polaroids and heirlooms, arranged in a 3 x 4 grid and washed blue, against a blue background

Trump’s Polarization of Science Is Bad for Everyone

January/February 2024 Issue

painted illustration of a black Sharpie marker as the rod of a caduceus, with red snakes entwined around it and wings

Earthen Rivers Are Flowing Through the West’s Scorched Forests

November 12, 2023

Charred and barren land in the aftermath of a wildfire

Hurricane Otis Was Too Fast for the Forecasters

October 25, 2023

Satellite imagery provided by GOES-16 satellite shows Hurricane Otis making landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, as a Category 5 storm. It's bright red in the center.

A Crucial Barrier Against Hurricanes Is at Risk

October 1, 2023

A sand dune with grass on it in the foreground and dark hurricane storm clouds in the background

New York City Is Not Built for This

September 29, 2023

Dark rain clouds hover over the New York City skyline.

Earthquakes Are a Special Kind of Nightmare

Robin George Andrews

September 10, 2023

Black-and-white photograph of the cracked minaret of a mosque surrounded by rubble

Islands Have a Disaster-Response Problem

Paola Rosa-Aquino

August 21, 2023

Wildfire damage in Lahaina, Hawaii on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023; trucks, cars, and palm trees in burned-out areas in western Maui

Hawaii Is a Warning

Adrienne LaFrance

August 10, 2023

Gif of a palm tree moving in Lahaina, Hawaii

Vermont Was Supposed to Be a Climate Haven

Megan Mayhew Bergman

July 20, 2023

Photograph of a mother holding her daughter in front of an overflowing river in Vermont

The View From Chaos Turnpike

July 12, 2023

Onlookers inspect a flooded road in Southern Vermont

French People Are Fighting Over Giant Pools of Water

June 7, 2023

The Mauzè-sur-le-Mignon reservoir — a silver rectangle among fields of green

The Atlantic Daily

Appalachia’s Quiet Time Bombs

April 17, 2023

a photo of flood damage in eastern Kentucky

Why California Can’t Catch a Break

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

April 11, 2023

Yellow wildflowers at night, lit up by camera flash

A Way to Predict Coastal Flooding Was Hiding in Plain Sight

March 5, 2023

It's lichen on the beach, weird but beautiful.

Every Coastal Home Is Now a Stick of Dynamite

February 20, 2023

A house with a lit stick of dynamite sticking out of a window

Paleotsunamis Offer a Quiet Warning

Nathaniel Scharping

February 18, 2023

Old print of a tsunami

How 12 Readers Prepare for Natural Disasters

Conor Friedersdorf

February 13, 2023

Photo illustration of first-aid supplies

Turkey’s Trust in Government Has Turned to Dust

February 8, 2023

Turkish rescue workers

Earthquakes Are Unlike Any Other Environmental Disaster

Robin George Andrews

February 7, 2023

Rescuers search for victims and survivors in the rubble of buildings a day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's southeast, in Diyarbakir, on February 7, 2023.

A Fisherman Died in 1952. Could Climate Change Be to Blame?

February 4, 2023

A rocklside in Greenland that killed a man in 1952

Suddenly, California Has Too Much Water

January 11, 2023

A two-story white house in California shown surrounded on all sides by muddy water halfway up its first level

Underground Cables Are Taking the Planet’s Pulse

December 4, 2022

Scientists drilling into the arctic.

The Mauna Loa Eruption Is a Gift for Science

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 29, 2022

Collage with aerial images of a volcano, a sign that reads Mauna Loa, orange lava.

Scientists Can No Longer Ignore Ancient Flooding Tales

October 10, 2022

An image of storm clouds with sun shining through onto a hyper-blue ocean

The Atlantic Daily

Americans Are Moving Into the Paths of Hurricanes

Kelli María Korducki

October 6, 2022

Travel trailers are inundated by floodwaters at the Peace River Campground on October 4, 2022 in Arcadia, Florida.

What Puerto Rico Needs Most

A.C. Valdez and Claudine Ebeid

October 6, 2022

A woman in Puerto Rico stands beside a devastated home.

One Nation Under Water

October 6, 2022

A photo of an encampment of tents for people displaced by Pakistan's floods

Escaping Hurricane Ian

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 30, 2022

Black-and-white picture of two men carrying a dinghy boat in the flooded streets of a Florida neighborhood

The Atlantic Daily

What Makes Ian Different From Other Hurricanes

Kelli María Korducki

September 29, 2022

a car is submerged in water in a flooded street while people paddle past it in a canoe

Honestly? The Link Between Climate Change and Hurricanes Is Complicated.

September 29, 2022

An image of fallen trees in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

The Atlantic Daily

The Next Shock Wave in Puerto Rico

Kelli María Korducki

September 21, 2022

A man walks through the flooded neighborhood of Juana Matos in Catano, Puerto Rico, on September 19.