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Winds lofted dust from the arid landscape across the Gulf of Oman.

Seasonal Santa Ana winds helped fuel a large fire near Ensenada, Mexico.

With hurricane-force winds of 84 mph, gusting to 114 mph, Éowyn was the strongest storm on record for Ireland. The post Storm Eowyn brings hurricane-level destruction to Ireland appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

The world endured three of its top-20 costliest disasters on record in 2024, its fifth-deadliest wildfire, and a record three heat waves that caused more than 1,000 deaths. The post The planet had 58 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2024, the second-highest on record appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Trump retiró a los Estados Unidos del acuerdo como prometió que lo haría su primer día en la Casa Blanca The post Lo qué significa el abandono del Acuerdo de París appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Fossil fuel contributions to political campaigns are more partisan than ever. What does that mean for policy and climate action? The post ’This is a moment in time to name names’: Writer Karin Kirk and your editors discuss oil and gas contributions to newly elected leaders  appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Delta Harvest is partnering with the World Wildlife Fund to create a network of women and Black-owned specialty rice farms. The post Nonprofit works to support crops grown in the Mississippi Delta appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

A rare winter storm brought frigid temperatures and heavy snow to states from Texas to North Carolina.

Chelsea Henderson investigates 60 years of climate progress and setbacks. The post Book review: “Glacial” exposes the heroes and villains of U.S. climate policy appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

She’s using her paintbrush to show what climate solutions look like. The post An artist is painting a vision of a better world appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Satellites detected unusually low numbers of crop fires in Punjab and Haryana in 2024, and scientists are trying to understand why.

El Departamento de Bomberos del Condado de Los Ángeles informó que la causa de los incendios permanece bajo investigación, mientras que algunos expertos apuntan a las condiciones meteorológicas como un factor determinante The post Incendios en California y teorías conspirativas de «ciudades inteligentes» appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

When the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow, humanity still needs power. Researchers are designing new technologies, from reinvented batteries to compressed air and spinning wheels, to keep energy in reserve for the lean times. The post How engineers are working to solve the renewable energy storage problem appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

As the climate changes, animals are modifying their behavior – and sometimes those changes are easier to hear than to see. The post Chirps and songs can be signs of an ecosystem’s health appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

The second tropical cyclone of Australia’s 2024–2025 season brought high winds and heavy rain to the Pilbara Coast.

Blue puddles of water were visible atop this East Antarctic ice shelf after periods of record melting.

This U.S. national monument, rich in geological and cultural heritage, displays Northern California’s fiery past.

The concentric rings of an ancient, extinct volcanic system stand above the island nation’s relatively flat central highlands.

A series of images captured by NASA’s TEMPO sensor show the shifting location of nitrogen dioxide as destructive fires raged and smoke plumes streamed over the region.

The fire in Los Angeles County burned through nearly 24,000 acres in one week in January 2025.