Articles By

Jeff Blaumberg, B.Sc. Economics

7 American Cities Where Summer Nights Are Getting Noticeably Hotter

Summer heat has always been part of the American experience, but something has shifted in recent years. It’s not just ...
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America’s Most Overlooked Tornado Zone Is Far From Traditional Tornado Alley

Most people picture flat Kansas farmland when they think about tornadoes, maybe a funnel cloud crossing an open field with ...
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8 U.S. Ski Towns That Could Lose Winter Tourism Entirely by 2050

Winter in America’s mountain towns has always run on a kind of faith: that the snow will come, that the ...
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The Cloudiest State in the Country Is Not Washington – Here’s Where It Actually Is

Ask most Americans to name the gloomiest state in the country and Washington comes up almost immediately. Seattle’s reputation for ...
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7 Things Boomers Do at Home That Younger Eco-Conscious Adults Find Wasteful

Every generation inherits habits from the world it grew up in, and household routines are no exception. What felt normal ...
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6 Signs in Space That Instantly Tell Astronomers Something Unusual Is Happening

Space rarely announces itself with fanfare. Most nights, telescopes record the same familiar patterns of light, the same steady stars, ...
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Millennials Are Quietly Avoiding These 12 Climate-Vulnerable Places Their Parents Loved

For decades, certain American towns and coastlines carried a kind of built-in promise. Buy a place near the water, retire ...
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The Real Reason This Rust Belt City Keeps Showing Up on Every “Population Decline” List

Drive through downtown Youngstown, Ohio on a quiet weekday morning and you’ll notice something odd. The streets are wide and ...
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I Asked Claude Which U.S. Cities Will Flood First as Sea Levels Rise – Here’s What It Said

Curiosity got the better of me one evening, so I typed a simple question into Claude: which American cities are ...
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Honolulu vs. San Juan: Which Island City Faces the Bigger Climate Test?

Two American island capitals, thousands of miles apart, are living out very different versions of the same climate story. One ...
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