The release of e-mails hacked from University of East Anglia climate scientists in 2009 (unimaginatively dubbed “Climategate” in media scandalese) generated about as much public discussion as any ...

The climb took place in a stand of exotic saligna gum trees (Eucalyptus saligna) which were declared as national champion trees more than a decade ago, planted by forestry pioneer AK Eastwood in 1906.

The U.S. is currently in a decade-long hurricane “drought”: no major hurricanes of category 3 or higher have made landfall in the U.S. since Hurricane Wilma hit Florida in 2005. With damage costs for ...