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Rising food prices are causing more and more people to go hungry in sub-Saharan Africa. My new research shows that an overlooked cause could be El Niño, a climate phenomenon in the Pacific that affects weather patterns globally.

Alexandra Township is a 20-square-block enclave in the heart of Johannesburg, South Africa's northern suburbs. Today, it is home to more than 1.2 million. This surge in population growth has left the neighborhood facing high levels of pollution.

Urban flooding is increasingly concerning in Canada, where water drainage systems are at risk of being overwhelmed.

According to National Weather Service data, 37 tornado warnings have been issued in Erdner’s area since 1986, and 27 of them occurred after 2010. Data on tornadoes in Pennsylvania dating back to the 1950s seems to show a slight increase.

Imagine you’re a NOAA weather forecaster in the field during a raging, rapidly-spreading wildfire. Your forecasts help determine a variety of factors about how the weather could impact the fire, including how quickly the fire might spread

In a 6-part series, 99% Invisible explores how climate change is laying bare the vulnerabilities in the American built environment and how communities across the country have been left to bootstrap their own survival.

Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth's hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported Friday.

It's early September - what should be the busiest stretch of hurricane season. Forecasters predicted this one was going to be bad: storm after storm, the most bullish forecasts on record.

Inside the dangerous mission that could revolutionize how we hunt nature’s most terrifying storms.

Warm ocean currents weaken the base of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by 7 feet. To separate the ice from those warmer ocean waters, scientists have put forward an audacious plan to erect a massive underwater curtain.