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This could signify a vital step towards advancing a more resilient and modern electric grid.

Although recent events have kept the environment present in politics, it has not become the focus of either Presidential campaign.

Climate change likely has direct role in proliferating natural disasters, making climate change adaption all the more important. By not adapting, we would be hurting ourselves in a two-jab punch, not only by disrupting natural systems, but also by putting ourselves directly in harm’s way.

Less than a year since the Obama administration blocked the Keystone Pipeline, environmentalists are battling what many consider to be Keystone 2.0

While many Americans cheered on Michael Phelps or Simon Biles and kept up with convention news from the comfort of their own homes, hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents faced catastrophic flooding.

President Obama announces historic agreement to fight climate change

On Wednesday, June 29, 2016, a variety of professionals, organizations, and climate change enthusiasts came together at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington D.C., to discuss the innovations of the past, present, and future in facing the challenges which climate change presents. We cover the main topics discussed at the event.

In the case of Zika, rainfall and temperature weigh heavy on the livelihood of mosquito survival. Heavy rainfall in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, and southern Brazil towards the end of 2015 provided a safe environment for Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases.

Although the Smart Tax seems promising, it’s clear from the event that we have a long way to go before climate science fuels universal public support of climate action.

Photo by KnitSpirit/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Carly Nicholson | June 2, 2016 “Rain, rain go away, that’s what all my haters say,”