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KISKUNMAJSA, Hungary — Oszkár Nagyapáti climbed to the bottom of a sandy pit on his land on the Great Hungarian Plain and dug into the soil with his…
Read more Hungary’s ‘water guardian’ farmers fight back against desertificationJUNEAU, Alaska — Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change — and revived…
Read more Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their landXbox Partner Preview returned today, shining a light on our third-party partners with world premieres, new announcements, DLC reveals and much more. During the 30-minute broadcast, we revealed…
Read more Xbox Partner Preview | November 2025: Everything Announced From Our Amazing Partners – Xbox WireHurricane Katrina was a terrifying experience for more than a million people affected across the Gulf Coast region. Nearly 1,400 people died, most of them in New Orleans…
Read more 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, a barrier island in Alabama is disappearingNEW YORK — New York and North Carolina have begun to reopen beaches that had been closed due to Hurricane Erin, which sent strong winds and dangerous waves…
Read more Beaches reopen in New York and North Carolina after Hurricane ErinThere’s a popular T-shirt on Hatteras Island on the North Carolina Outer Banks that says: “One road on. One road off (sometimes)” — poking fun at the constant…
Read more Hurricane Erin’s massive waves threaten to isolate North Carolina’s Outer BanksMADISON, Wis. — Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything…
Read more Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shippingAs wildfires sweep across California at greater frequency every year, a new study has uncovered another devastating effect of the annual disasters. Erosion in the state after a…
Read more A new study uncovers another devastating effect of California’s wildfiresCRYSTAL BEACH, Texas – The Houston area dodged the worst of Tropical Storm Alberto, but that doesn’t mean we got away without a scratch. Our barrier islands took…
Read more ‘We’re going to lose these homes:’ TS Alberto’s storm surge eats away at Bolivar Peninsula sand dunesHilary Graf’s beach house in Rodanthe, which is experiencing heavy erosion, but remains solid while she broadcasts her faith into the sea. Josh Shaffer RODANTHE In this ocean-battered…
Read more Fighting OBX erosion with blasts from the shofar — a noisy and defiant show of faithBATON ROUGE, La. — This summer — as blistering heat waves scorched the Southwest, wildfire smoke from Canada choked much of North America, a drought in the central…
Read more US legislators turn to Louisiana for experience on climate change impacts to infrastructureIf inflation has eaten away at your budget the way waves erode a beach, then your tax refund might just provide a much-needed protective barrier. As of March,…
Read more Kimberly Palmer: How to use a tax refund to fight inflationNEPTUNE, N.J. — Coastal communities around the world are adding a tropical twist to shoreline protection, courtesy of the humble coconut. From the sands of the Jersey Shore…
Read more How coconuts protect the Jersey Shore, other eroding coasts
