Stories by Daniel Cusick

The U.S. has been pumping sand onto eroding beaches for nearly a century. As climate change worsens, there’s no end in sight

The U.S. is paying hundreds of millions of dollars to replenish storm-ravaged beaches in a losing battle against rising seas and erosion

A new video game puts climate solution tools in the hands of up to 80 million Minecraft players

A new index scores U.S. cities by the amount of land they provide for parking. Sunbelt cities top the list

Record warmth last December and balmy temperatures in early January have turned lake ice in Minnesota into a death trap. Fatalities, injuries and rescues are piling up

Worried Pentagon officials are resetting U.S. Arctic policy and training in response to China and Russia’s plans

Researchers say the primary “wet-bulb temperature” method for measuring dangerous heat underestimates deaths, particularly among elderly and health-compromised individuals

A FEMA advisory council says a program that allows developers to elevate homes on fill dirt is environmentally harmful and can increase flood risks for nearby homes

Worsening heat waves in agricultural areas of the U.S. are affecting bird reproduction and nestling survival

The C-17 Globemaster III—which transports troops and tanks—may have to shed weight as rising temperatures driven by climate change affect flying conditions

August and September will bring tens of millions of public school students back to class. Many face health risks from rising temperatures

Soaring temperatures fueled by climate change are contributing to buckling highways, ruptured tires and impaired visibility from wildfire smoke

We can run from hurricanes, hide behind seawalls and buy wildfire insurance. Here’s how we can try to live with heat waves

The Phoenix area has withered for a month under triple-digit temperatures that experts say will become more common with climate change

About eight in 10 people in the highest-risk fire areas of the U.S. live in Western states, notably California. But other states such as Florida face threats, too

A new tool that tracks military deployments to climate disasters could shed light on how the traditional war-fighting mission is evolving under a warming climate

Miniature satellites called CubeSats will collect meteorologic data that NASA hopes will help explain how and why some tropical storms intensify as they approach land

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks visited Alaska this week to see how climate change is undermining infrastructure at Arctic military bases

A new program looks to replant warm weather trees in northern Minnesota to help them adjust to a rapidly warming world

Dead trees have accumulated in an Arctic basin for centuries, creating one of the largest “carbon pools” in the world

Ground-mounted microphones could pick up ultralow-frequency sound waves produced by clear-air turbulence, the leading cause of in-flight injuries and fatalities

A new index that rates 70,000 U.S. communities on their climate vulnerability finds that parts of the Gulf Coast subject to flooding and economic and racial inequities are most under threat

Satellites that can better predict extreme weather and location-based text messaging systems can warn at-risk communities of storms and other climate-related threats to help save lives, the U.N. says

Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cable lining the seafloor are vulnerable to sea-level rise, storms and other climate impacts, research shows