This April, when a 1,000-year storm drenched South Florida, my father and older sister were among the thousands of people abruptly hit with severe flash flooding. They made it out physically unscathed, but many of their possessions were reduced to waterlogged piles of debris.
Read More"Doomsday" seed vaults are becoming an increasingly popular tool in the race to insure global crop and agricultural production against the damaging impacts of climate change.
Read MoreI joined Axios Today host Niala Boodhoo to talk about my latest story covering the rise of apocalyptic seed vaults.
Read MoreHonored to take home first place for Trend Reporting at the 2023 Awards by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Read MoreThe impact of the blazes on small-scale farmers and local food production is going to take “years and years” to rebuild.
Read MoreThe recent global heat wave, deadly floods across China's grain belt and wildfires that spanned several continents have put a spotlight on how climate change may wreak havoc on the world's most-consumed food crops.
Read MoreI talked to Niala Boodhoo about extreme heat's affect on Americans' access to food to lead this episode of Axios Today.
Read MoreAs a record heat wave continues to bake swaths of the country, food-insecure Americans are grappling with unique health impacts and costly relief.
"We're no stranger to heat here in Arizona. But ... I've never seen anything like this."
Read MoreU.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security Cary Fowler told Axios he is "very concerned" about what El Niño could mean for crop production and resulting impacts on global food security.
Read More3D-printed buildings tend to be promoted as a promising new solution for an industry wielding a major carbon footprint — but experts warn there's not enough evidence to support that claim just yet.
Read MoreSwedish developers are getting ready to build the world’s largest wooden city, setting the stage for a possible domino effect of similar projects across the globe.
Read MoreRisks of reduced crop yields occurring across major farming regions are vastly underestimated in climate and crop model projections.
Read MoreUsing a revolutionary AI-powered method, researchers are mining old insurance maps to visually reconstruct "ghost" neighborhoods — with promising results.
Read MoreRacial disparities in food insecurity persist among low-income households that don't participate in SNAP, but not among those that do, a new study finds.
Read MoreAs farmers worldwide deal with the impact of climate change on livestock, scientists are increasingly turning to easy-to-use tech to lessen the burden.
Read MoreAmeriCorps is allocating $7 million to tribal nations and Indigenous-led nonprofits addressing needs related to climate change, food security and conservation.
Read MoreAdvocates and legislators are looking to the upcoming farm bill as a way to reinstate Puerto Rico's access to SNAP, but the effort faces an uphill battle in a divided Congress.
Read MoreThe early development of El Niño, which boosts the impacts of climate change, is raising concern over what the ocean and atmosphere cycle will mean for already-embattled marine ecosystems. Scientists have uncovered something that could help.
Read MoreIn an exclusive interview, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan tells Axios the Biden administration is focused on decarbonizing the economy using advanced technology like AI.
Read MoreIt could trigger a series of unprecedented changes to America's federal food assistance system as legislators gear up to reauthorize the farm bill.
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