Riskiest Spot for Rising Seas Is 50 Miles from the Ocean

Riskiest Spot for Rising Seas Is 50 Miles from the Ocean

The county most at risk for coastal flooding is not in Florida, North Carolina or New Jersey, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It's not even on a coast. It's Cowlitz County, Wash., population 102,000, about 50 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean on the Columbia River.

Climate Change Bringing Back Long-Lost Forms of Fungal Mycotoxins

Climate change is bringing back long-lost forms of food poisoning

Fungal toxins known as mycotoxins, including some thought lost to history, are claiming new territory as the Earth warms. Karen Jordan, a North Carolina dairy farmer and practicing veterinarian, knew she had trouble the minute her cows' hair began to stand up on end.