An earlier version of this story was published by Seeker Events like last week’s Atlanta conference on climate change and health might be a model for things to come in the next few years. With a new administration vowing to reverse its predecessor’s actions to cut the carbon emissions blamed for global warming, it will be…

This article was originally published by Seeker, which granted GHN permission to reprint it. The unseasonably warm winters that have brought shirtsleeve temperatures to much of the Southeast have also had a downside. The balmy, springlike weather has spawned record numbers of winter tornadoes the past two years, according to regional statistics — including an outbreak…