Daniel is a reporter covering climate adaptation for Climatewire. He joined E&E in 2003 and has held reporting and editing positions with several E&E News publications. Before joining E&E, he worked as a newspaper, wire service and magazine journalist in Alabama and Maryland. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and the University of Alabama, and was a Knight Fellow in Specialized Journalism at the University of Maryland.
Five years ago Sunday, Pope Francis implored the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics to address the ravages of climate change, which he described in the landmark "Laudato Si'" encyclical as "one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day."
Catastrophic flooding in Michigan yesterday was a harbinger of climate change as Rust Belt cities are thrust into the crosshairs of intensifying disasters, experts say.
Farmers have been warned for years that climate change will disrupt growing conditions and crop yields.
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Damage assessments of flood-ravaged communities used to rely on post-disaster surveys.