Hurricane Helene triggered more than 2,000 landslides, hazardous spills, and infrastructure failures in North Carolina. Experts warn climate change is making storms wetter, increasing landslide risks and disaster response challenges.
North Carolina is experiencing climate change: warmer temperatures (especially at night), more frequent extreme rainfall and a rise in sea level, scientists have found. Farmers and gardeners must change their methods of growing plants,
Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, discusses how climate change is causing roads to crumble worldwide due to flooding and erosion. Recent storm-related damage in California and North Carolina highlights the growing need for major infrastructure repairs,
NC’s biggest utility is among 10 companies that have written to Trump’s new EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, asking for relief from a key Biden emissions rule, as well as coal ash disposal requirements.
2024 had slightly above average rainfall, but the climate office reports that is largely due to a few major rain events rather than steady rain throughout the year.
Climate issues are taking center stage in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene wreaked catastrophic damage in western North Carolina at the end of last September.
It blew down an estimated 187,000 acres of forests in Western North Carolina. In 2022, the Biden administration issued an executive order to protect old-growth forests on public land from the effects of climate change. The Forest Service then got to work ...
Ajith Varikuti designed a modular home that withstands hurricanes, winning $10,000 in Autodesk’s 2024 Make it Resilient contest.
North Carolina’s temperatures have increased over the past 120 years, endangering campus wildlife. Different individuals and groups work to promote sustainability and the environment on campus.
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) announced they have received a $1.5 million grant to fund coastal research. According to a press release from UNCW, the grant is meant to fund the TEAL-SHIPS Transect Expedition, a project to study coastal land-to-sea habitats.
The rate of global warming per decade since 1982 is 0.36 degrees Fahrenheit. There are many factors that cause climate change, and in Charlotte, there is a glaring correlation between environment and social inequality. Depending on where you live, exposure to pollution and extreme weather results in different outcomes.
By Daniel Propp January 12, 2025 This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate,