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Hampton Roads. (Photo by Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA.)

Sea level rise and beyond: Is the US military prepared for climate change?

By Joan VanDervort

The Alaska National Guard has been used to fight extensive Alaskan wildfires. (Photo by Sherman Hogue/Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Office.)

Brian Brettschneider: How climate change has already arrived in the Arctic

By John Krzyzaniak

The author during his time as a firefighter

Climate change and the coronavirus are upending the way we fight wildfires

By Don Whittemore | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Opinion

truck driving through high water in Florida storm

Is FEMA footing the bill for others’ repeated climate-change mistakes?

By Alice C. Hill | Analysis, Climate Change

Smokey the Bear Fire Danger Warning Sign

California wildfires are mostly preventable

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, What We’re Reading