effects of climate change

Climate change could cause bridges to ‘fall apart like toys’, experts say

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On a 95-degree day this summer, New York City’s Third Avenue Bridge, which connects the Bronx and Manhattan, remained open for hours. As heat and flooding scorched and battered the Midwest, a steel railroad bridge connecting Iowa to South Dakota collapsed under rising water. In Lewiston, Maine, a bridge closed after its deck buckled due … Read more

Looking for a ‘climate paradise’ in the US, far from disaster risks? Good luck finding one.

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Read in Spanish. Southeast Michigan seemed like the perfect “climate paradise.” “My family has owned my house since the 60s. … Even when my father was a child and he lived there, no floods, no floods, no floods, no floods. Until [2021],” one resident of southeast Michigan told us. That June, a storm dumped more … Read more