A “forever” drought takes shape in the West
The Southwest U.S. is mired in an ever-worsening drought, one that has left deer starving in Hawaii, turned parts of the Rio Grande into a wading pool, and set...
How climate change is affecting winter storms.
The major winter storm that hit the Eastern United States on Wednesday and Thursday probably prompted some people to ask, “What happened to global warming?”
2020 North Atlantic Hurricane Season Shatters Records
One of the most remarkable characteristics of the 2020 North Atlantic hurricane season was its extremely high level of activity. The season saw 30 named...
Will Extreme Weather Keep Getting Worse? Scientists Say Yes.
One by one, climate and disaster records and milestones have been shattered in 2020. The stories of the extremes make daily headlines: Nine cities see...
5 climate ghost towns
Climate change is creating American ghost towns with a regularity not seen since the 19th century, when boomtowns sprouted and died as quickly as their...
The undeniable link between weather disasters and climate change
By many measures, 2020 has been disastrous. Hurricanes in the Atlantic are so numerous that there are not enough letters in the Latin alphabet to...
Underwater And On Fire: U.S. Climate Change Magnifies Extremes
As the East Coast gets drenched and the drier West Coast is ablaze, climate change may not be the only factor.
Every Place Has Its Own Climate Risk. What Is It Where You Live?
For most of us, climate change can feel like an amorphous threat — with the greatest dangers lingering ominously in the future and the solutions...