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Florida braces for ‘extreme life-threatening’ storm surge

Hurricane Idalia is aimed at a region of the Sunshine State that’s particularly vulnerable to storm surges.

By Dino Grandoni and Joshua Partlow

Biden rule, heeding Supreme Court, could strip over half of U.S. wetlands’ protections

By Allyson Chiu

In photos: Floridians along the Gulf Coast brace for Hurricane Idalia

By Washington Post Staff

How the Inflation Reduction Act might affect you — and change the U.S.

By Jeff Stein, Maxine Joselow and Rachel Roubein

What Arctic ice tells us about climate change

By Sarah Kaplan

Advice

Why you should tell your children about vanishing fireflies

By Michael J. Coren

As cost of climate disasters grows, some profit with catastrophe bonds

By David J. Lynch

A deadly tick-borne epidemic is raging. Dogs are key to ending it.

By Lena H. Sun

Florida warns of fuel contamination as Tropical Storm Idalia approaches

By Lyric Li

Hawaiian Electric denies sparking deadly Maui blaze

By Evan Halper

You’re doing it wrong: Recycling and other myths about tackling climate change

By Kate Selig and Emily Guskin

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You’re doing it wrong: Recycling and other myths about tackling climate change

Most Americans think their actions can help fight climate change, but they’re not always right on which are the most effective, according to a Post/UMD poll.

By Kate Selig and Emily Guskin

Countries are starting to give wild animals legal rights. Here’s why.

By Teresa Tomassoni

In Florida, python hunters stalk their targets in the dark of night

By Brittany Shammas and Drea Cornejo

Could sand be the next lithium?

By Shira Rubin

The latest front in the war against gas: Snack food

By Dino Grandoni

Can vacuums slow global warming? Administration bets $1.2 billion on it.

By Evan Halper

What’s killing Florida’s coral reefs — and why you should care

By Dino Grandoni and Allyson Chiu

U.S. lab says it repeated fusion energy feat — with higher yield

By Ben Brasch, Kyle Rempfer and Shannon Osaka

As climate change worsens, military eyes base of the future on Gulf Coast

By Brady Dennis

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Politics and Policy

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As cost of climate disasters grows, some profit with catastrophe bonds

By David J. Lynch

The Montana climate kids’ lawsuit has energized activists, including this one

By Kate Selig

Democrats and Republicans deeply divided on extreme weather, Post-UMD poll finds

By Amudalat Ajasa, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin

White House is torn over Joe Manchin’s fury at climate law he crafted

By Jeff Stein and Evan Halper

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ANIMALS

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Thousands of penguin chicks killed by early sea ice breakup, study says

By Victoria Bisset

Rare spotless giraffe born in Tennessee zoo

By Niha Masih

A turkey was shot in the chest. It’s doing fine — arrow and all.

By Jonathan Edwards

A tiny Hawaiian bird was nearing extinction. Then the Maui fires came.

By Dino Grandoni

Invasive hornet with ‘reputation’ for targeting honeybees seen in U.S.

By Praveena Somasundaram

Democrats and Republicans deeply divided on extreme weather, Post-UMD poll finds

Partisans remain split on climate change contributing to more weather disasters, and whether their weather is getting more extreme.

By Amudalat Ajasa, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin

Why Hilary didn’t cause more damage in California

By Diana Leonard

Scientists find new technique for predicting record-breaking heat waves

By Kasha Patel

Why wildfires are at their deadliest in more than a century

By Scott Dance

How the Maui wildfires devastated Lahaina, hour by hour

By Joshua Partlow, John Farrell, Brady Dennis, Brianna Sacks and Joanna Slater

Maui fires not just due to climate change but a ‘compound disaster’

By Scott Dance

Here’s how the Hawaii fires spread so fast

By Dan Stillman

Why Hawaii’s wildfires are so devastating — and ‘predictable’

By Scott Dance and Kate Selig

NOAA boosts Atlantic hurricane forecast, leans toward busy season

By Matthew Cappucci

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