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Database of Flood Events Helps Cover Catastrophes, Past or Present [1]

A massive trove of mappable water data from the U.S. Geological Survey offers reporters resources to cover present-day flooding threats, compare them to past flood events or help prepare reporting for tomorrow’s disasters. According to the latest Reporter’s Toolbox, its various tools let you pinpoint immediate flooding, map future flood hazards and even configure phone alerts for breaking events.

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Reporters Toolbox [2]
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Disasters [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Wildlife [8]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [10]
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Queer Ecology — A Powerful Lens for Reporting on Environmental Injustice [11]

Queer ecology is an evolving field that challenges traditional assumptions in science and explores LGBTQ+ experiences in an ecological context. It’s easy to catch your audience’s attention with stories about transitioning clownfish or same-sex albatross parenting. But as contributor Isaias Hernandez explains, queer ecology also offers journalists an important perspective for covering a range of environmental issues, from climate risk to pollution exposure, and reimagining environmental narratives.

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Features [12]
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Activism [13]
Agriculture [14]
Air [15]
Biodiversity [16]
Climate Change [17]
Disasters [3]
Diversity [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Environmental Studies [4]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [24]
Science [25]
Wildlife [8]
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National (U.S.) [9]
International [26]
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Public [10]
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At COP30, Leaders Say Time Running Short To Stop Worst Effects Of Warming [27]

"World leaders warned Thursday that time is running short for urgent and decisive action to prevent the worst effects of climate change, and blasted the United States for its retreat from those efforts, as they gathered at the edge of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest for the annual United Nations climate summit."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [21]
Forests [29]
Pollution [30]
Science [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [26]
Source: AP [31], 11/07/2025
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After Floods And Drought Drove Them From Their Homes, They Seek Haven In NYC [32]

"Data analysis found higher than average migration growth to the US from areas in Guatemala, Bangladesh and Senegal hit by repeated climate disasters."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [3]
People & Population [23]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [26]
Source: Columbia Journalism Investigations [33], 11/06/2025
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"Google Earth Gets an AI Chatbot to Help Chart the Climate Crisis" [34]

"New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could eventually predict disasters and identify the communities likely to be affected."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Journalism & Media [6]
Technology [35]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [26]
Source: WIRED [36], 11/05/2025
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"Trump Killed A Crucial Disaster Database. This Nonprofit Just Saved It." [37]

"As the Trump administration deletes climate data and shutters resources that track the impacts of a warming world, nonprofits, state-level governments, and independent scientists are rushing to preserve the information."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [21]
Environmental Studies [4]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [23]
Science [25]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Grist [38], 11/05/2025
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"Emergency Language In Wildfire Bill Splits Environmentalists" [39]

"A fast-moving bill to reduce wildfire risks in national forests would give the Agriculture Department a work-around past even the bill’s modest environmental safeguards, making the measure tough to swallow for some environmentalists and Hill Democrats."

Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [21]
Forests [29]
Laws & Regulations [40]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [41], 11/04/2025
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November 4, 2025

The Bill Gates Memo: Climate Scientists Respond With Urgency [42]

Covering Climate Now and SEJ member Sammy Roth, who writes the new newsletter Climate-Colored Goggles, have convened a panel of leading climate scientists to dissect the Gates memo and respond to journalists’ questions about it. 4:30 p.m. ET.

Other Events [43]
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Disasters [3]
Journalism & Media [6]
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International [26]

"Melissa Dissipates, Leaves Destruction And At Least 50 Dead In Caribbean" [44]

"Melissa, one of the strongest storms on record to make landfall in the Caribbean, began to dissipate on Friday after sowing devastation across much of Jamaica, cutting off communities in Cuba, drenching Haiti and leaving at least 50 dead."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [3]
Infrastructure [45]
People & Population [23]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Central America & the Caribbean [47]
Source: Reuters [48], 11/03/2025
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Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely: Study [49]

"Fueled by unusually warm waters, Hurricane Melissa this week turned into one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded. Now a new rapid attribution study suggests human-induced climate change made the deadly tropical cyclone four times more likely."

Climate Change [17]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
International [26]
Central America & the Caribbean [47]
Source: Inside Climate News [50], 10/31/2025
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