The environmental risks to railroads are rising, but the measures to reduce the danger will be costly.
Category: Weather
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A Q&A With Delta Air Lines’s Meteorologist
Aviation meteorologists like Warren Weston connect the dots between severe weather and flight schedules by creating detailed forecasts to help planes and their travelers arrive at destinations safely.
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U.S. Already Has 23 Billion Dollar Disasters in 2023
The United States has been hit by 23 large-scale disasters so far this year, and hurricane season is far from over.
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Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open.
Scientists and educators are searching for ways to improve air quality in the nation’s often dilapidated school buildings.
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Planning a Wedding Amid Climate Change
Couples getting married this summer have had to contend with extreme weather conditions, from flooding and brutal heat to poor air quality.
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Planning a Wedding Amid Climate Change
Couples getting married this summer have had to contend with extreme weather conditions, from flooding and brutal heat to poor air quality.
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Heat, War and Trade Protections Raise Uncertainty for Food Prices
Experts are warning of a new normal in which food supplies — and prices — could be rocked more regularly.
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First Scorched, Then Soaked: Weather Whiplash Confounds Farmers
As the war in Ukraine disrupts the global grain market, a volatile climate leaves Kansas on track to harvest its smallest wheat crop in decades.
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Still Dreaming of Retirement in the Sun Belt?
As climate change sends summer temperatures soaring, older people are increasingly vulnerable to heat-related illnesses in places like Phoenix.
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Summer Travel and Climate Change: Will Vacation Be a Thing of the Past?
This year, everything from scorching heat to fires, floods, tornadoes and hail storms driven by climate change have disrupted the plans of travelers around the world. A summer getaway remains a powerful desire, but it’s at a tipping point.
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A Slice of Big Sky Country You Won’t See on ‘Yellowstone’
In Montana, a stretch of U.S. Highway 2 known as the Hi-Line is colored by grain elevators, railroad cars and century-old homesteading remnants.
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Wildfires and Heat Transform Italy and Greece Into Tourism Nightmares
Record heat and wildfires have turned summer holidays into nightmares and called into question the future of cherished tourist destinations.