In one of the first of several teams of science agencies to calculate how off-the-charts warm 2023 was, the European climate agency Copernicus said the year was 1.48 degrees Celsius (2.66 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial times.
Four Mississippi River mayors spent time earlier this month in Dubai at the United Nations’ annual climate change conference, where they shared a slate of new initiatives, including natural infrastructure projects to reduce disaster risks and piloting a new regional insurance system to support Mississippi River towns.
As extreme weather grows more extreme with climate change, it costs our economies, communities and personal health.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service selected two Iowa projects for the funds, which stem from the Inflation Reduction Act
William Gutowski, an Iowa State University professor of meteorology, has worked with climate models for decades to study climate change
Twenty students will be selected to develop a community project that builds climate resiliency in local communities.
The climate is changing — but there’s still time to adapt, assessment authors said.
Commissioner Doug Ommen says consumers can take preventative steps to protect themselves against the pressures caused by the exploding cost of reinsurance.
Iowa ranks No. 4 in the United States for its crop insurance payouts due to drought and excess moisture.
$5B nationwide investment includes over $400M for Iowa
Five Eastern Iowa counties — including Linn and Johnson — are teaming up to use $2 million in federal money to create a climate action plan for the region.
A project producing hydrogen that involved Iowa operations did not make the cut.
The 2023 Iowa Climate Statement issued Tuesday focuses on benefits of solar and how to make it thrive in the state.
A look at Iowa’s most extreme weather and how records are determined and recorded.
A fifth of reported heat-related deaths between 2017 and 2022 were agricultural workers, according to OSHA data. Academics, occupational health specialists and advocacy groups are calling attention to the under-reported impact of climate change on this group from heatwaves.
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