Could the solar industry transform Native communities? A solar developer and member of the Red Lake Nation thinks so. 🔗 Solar developer says renewable energy could transform Native communities yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/solar-…

🚶‍♀️🚴 Cities are rethinking their streets, aiming for fewer cars and more sustainable ways to get around. But there’s a big obstacle: 🔗 Cities are trying to cut down on cars. Some states are standing in their way. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/cities…

Pointing fingers at China and India for climate pollution ignores a key fact: The U.S. has historically contributed far more to global warming. 🔗 China and India are so big. Do my country’s climate actions even matter? yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/china-…

The Atlantic is quiet for now, but the Pacific is cooking. Typhoon #Shanshan may slam into Japan as a Cat 4 equivalent, and TS #Hone will swing close to the Big Island of Hawai'i. More from Jeff Masters and me: Climate Connections yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/the-pa…

La decisión de cubrir estas tierras vacías con turbinas eólicas fue un paso decisivo hacia la independencia energética. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/urugua…

“Twisters” promises to be a thrill ride, but it’s what the movie DOESN’T say that speaks the loudest. 🔗 Hollywood’s weird spin on tornadoes and climate change yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/twiste…

Tough-to-predict Typhoon #Shanshan is still aiming for Japan, but it'll arrive farther west, later, and perhaps weaker than earlier thought. More on Shanshan – and the story of Japan's only Cat 5-level landfall – from Jeff Masters and me: Climate Connections yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/typhoo…

Tropical storm Ernesto caused severe damage to some Puerto Rican crops. Now farmers have to replant and rebuild, a situation that is becoming more and more frequent in the face of climate change. 🔗 yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/puerto…

Too much shear? Too much dust and dry air? Not enough instability? Lots of possible reasons for the odd late-August calm in the Atlantic…but change may be coming soon. Jeff Masters and I dive in for Climate Connections: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/where-…

Protesters in NYC push Citigroup to divest from fossil fuels and companies that are sending arms to Israel: 🔗 Activists link climate change, Gaza in a campaign targeting Citigroup yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/activi…

”If you pull out a tree and you let the roots dry up, it dies. And we feel that that's what would happen to us: our spirit would die if we were to be removed from our land.” – Theresa Dardar, Pointe-au-Chien tribal member 🔗 yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/gulf-c…

An invasive insect is jeopardizing carbon storage in Eastern U.S. forests. 🔗 Invasive insect could accelerate release of climate pollution from forests yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/invasi…

Hate the summer heat? These innovative solutions might just change the game for good: 🔗 Five ingenious ways people could beat the heat without cranking the AC yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/five-i…

Sabemos que no podemos revertir la Tierra al estado que estaba antes; sin embargo, lo que sí podemos hacer es combatir el cambio climático para que nosotros y nuestros descendientes no vivan en un mundo aún más peligroso: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/como-p…

Only 39% of registered voters have heard of the Inflation Reduction Act. But when they learn more about it, the vast majority support it. 🔗 yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/voters…

The lead image from the post today from Bob Henson and myself says volumes about what is going on in the tropical Atlantic this week -- not much. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/a-plac…

Blackouts in Texas and California were caused by insufficient preparation for extreme weather – not renewable energy. 🔗 yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/how-mi…

The Atlantic is filled with weak disturbances unlikely to develop, so it's time to talk about typhoons! Bob Henson and I lay out the latest on Typhoon Yagi, expected to hit southern China Friday morning (U.S. EDT): yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/powerf…

Though turbulence comes in different flavors – from up-and-down to side-to-side – no matter how he sliced it, the turbulence the Hurricane Hunters hit in Hurricane Ian was the highest in at least 20 years of such flights. 🔗 yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/meteor…

Hurricane Hunters have been flying directly into the world’s most powerful storms since the 1940s. But with the advent of advanced AI drones, could their days be numbered? 🔗 yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/a-new-…