Climate models project extraordinary rainfall across California as El Niño strengthens, leaving emergency response agencies unready for compound disasters unless governments immediately fund structural reinforcements.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Tropical Depression Nine is forecast to become the first hurricane of 2026, proving that a late start to the season does not reduce the risk to the Gulf Coast.
By Daniel Okafor ·
As Invest 92L threatens the Gulf Coast with heavy rain, the brewing storm shows that the absence of a hurricane does not guarantee safety.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Hurricane Polo threatens Mexico with torrential rain and flooding, forcing coastal evacuations as past disasters show that rising waters pose the greatest danger to vulnerable communities.
By Daniel Okafor ·
As Hurricane Nolo threatens Hawaii with severe rain, repeated storms compound existing damage and force vulnerable communities into a long recovery before basic repairs are finished.
By Daniel Okafor ·
As Category 5 winds tear off Mexico's coast, the physics of warming oceans expose the deadly cost of fossil fuel delay for the global south.
By Sophie Naimi ·
As Hurricane Polo menaces Mexico after rapid intensification over superheated oceans, the global south is once again forced to pay the devastating physical price for fossil fuel profits.
By Sophie Naimi ·
The headlines are calling the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season "broken." As of September 12, we are 103 days into the season and not a single hurricane has formed.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
There is a particular kind of cinematic irony in the image of a massive sinkhole opening beneath the home of Nicolas Cage.
By Elena Rossi ·
António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the Organização das Nações Unidas, describes the current El Niño as being "supersized" before our eyes.
By Klaus Berger ·
The haze over Indonesia is not merely an atmospheric nuisance; it is a textbook case study in policy failure, one that exposes the chasm between grand intent and operational reality.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The headlines—strongest in living memory, unprecedented event—are designed to induce panic, not policy.
By Tom Beckwith ·
The news cycle loves a grand pronouncement, and right now, it’s all about temperature.
By Ray Dombrowski ·