Andrew Freedman
Climate journalist focused on extreme weather, climate policy, the energy transition @axios. Priors: @washingtonpost Alum: The Fletcher School, Columbia Climate & Society | Tips: [email protected] | Secure email: [email protected]
El Niño nears an end, giving way to hurricane-boosting La Niñawww.axios.com La Niña is associated with above average hurricane activity in the tropical Atlantic.
Hurricanes are intensifying faster and greater near coastlineswww.axios.com The past few years are full of examples of hurricanes exploding in intensity.
Severe storms, including "intense tornadoes," threaten 40 million this weekwww.axios.com This event follows an unusually active April, and will affect many of the same states hit hard last month.
What a new hire for a U.S.-Israeli company says about geoengineeringwww.axios.com The race is on to govern the technology before it is put to use.
AI data center boom challenges utilities, may imperil climate goalswww.axios.com Generative AI, plus growing manufacturing and electric vehicles, is spiking U.S. power demand.
Latest global coral bleaching event is a warning about warming oceanswww.axios.com Many corals may be harmed, but it "is not a death sentence," experts say.
What surprises lurk within the climate system? - IOPscienceiopscience.iop.org What surprises lurk within the climate system?, Katharine Hayhoe, Robert E Kopp
Data: Only 57 producers account for 80% of post-Paris emissionswww.axios.com The updated Carbon Majors database shows key trends in post-Paris carbon dioxide emissions.
Analysis | Winter is warming almost everywhere. See how it’s changed in your town.wapo.st Look up your city to see how winter temperatures have changed since 1980. Most regions across the U.S. have seen warmer winters, with New England warming the fastest.
Florida Keys' coral reefs devastated by 2023's marine heat wavewww.axios.com Scientists went to extreme lengths last year to try to save corals from the record heat.
Snowstorm forecast bust spotlights need to better communicate uncertaintywww.axios.com "Some forecasts are far more uncertain than other forecasts."
"Dangerous" atmospheric river lined up for late this weekend in Central, Southern Californiawww.axios.com This could be the strongest such storm of the season.
Strong atmospheric rivers poised to affect Californiawww.axios.com In addition to the flood threat, the storms could benefit skiers and water managers in the West.
Climate change is the main driver of the Amazon rainforest's droughtwww.axios.com A new study shows that human-caused climate change is playing a major role in worsening drought in the Amazon.
Climate and conflict are rattling global supply chainswww.axios.com Both the Suez and Panama Canals are being throttled by global risks.
Rising CO2 in 2024 poses a threat to Paris warming targetwww.axios.com The projected growth in CO2 means the world could top the 1.5-degree threshold in 2024.
Snow drought finally ends along I-95 corridorwww.axios.com It had been nearly two years since an inch of snow fell in one day from D.C. to New York.