2020 rivals hottest year on record, pushing Earth closer to a critical climate threshold
Escalating temperatures poise planet to breach1.5 C for the first time, possibly later this decade
Fragile cities are being inundated with people fleeing the impacts of climate change. How can they cope?
Multi-stakeholder partnerships that include displaced people in the process show promise for helping overwhelmed communities deal with an influx of climate migrants from rural areas.
A wetter and warmer Alaska means dangerously slippery slopes
Climate change is making landslides more likely and preparation vital.
Losing ground: climate change is altering the rules of ecosystem hierarchy
Sea-level rise is letting a tiny crab drastically alter marsh landscapes.
Rising seas: California’s affordable housing faces worse floods
For low-income Americans, the number of homes at risk of flooding could triple by 2050, researchers say. Three Bay Area cities are among the top...
Typhoon Vamco leaves at least 14 dead, 14 missing in Philippines
A typhoon swelled rivers and flooded low-lying areas as it passed over the storm-battered northeastern Philippines, leaving at least 13 people dead and 15 others...Hurricane Eta weakens to a tropical storm as it sets course toward US Gulf Coast after slamming Nicaragua
Tropical Storm Eta still has days of devastation in store for Central America, and after lingering there the storm is set to move on to...
Deadly bacteria lurk in coastal waters. Climate change increases the risks
Health workers see Vibrio as a rare danger, if they’ve heard of it at all. But it’s already causing more cases of flesh-eating disease. And it’s poised...