FAIRMONT – All (underwater) roads lead to Marion County? That’s how it seemed during Wednesday’s spate of heavy rains that lasted through most of the day and evening in the Fairmont area. At least seven roadways, mostly around the city’s East Side, were closed due to high water ...
by Mark Gongloff The record-smashing global heat of the past year has been driven partly by an El Niño weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean. The good news is that El Niño is rapidly giving way to his cooler sister, La Niña. The bad news is that she won’t necessarily be any kinder ...
by Faye D. Flam Even if you hate the beach, live inland and aren’t bothered by dwindling fish, the latest spike in ocean temperature matters to you. The ocean is like a huge closet where we’ve been able to store 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. That closet is now ...
by Mark Gongloff Thanks to El Niño, the world is about to experience something like time travel to the year 2050. It won’t be pleasant. But rather than devolve into panic at the grim climate future it portends, we should use it as a warning about the need to do more to slow global ...