PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT…
…wildfires
Recent rain allows forests in US Southwest to reopen
Arizona wildfires gut observatory buildings, endanger artifacts
A wildfire year
Arizona Wildfire Destroys Observatory Buildings
Pollution from California’s 2020 wildfires likely offset decades of air quality gains
California Wildfire Scorches Nearly 1,000 Acres and Prompts Evacuations
Hundreds are urged to evacuate due to wildfire near Flagstaff, Arizona, as thousands more are told to prepare to leave
A ‘Perfect Recipe for Extreme Wildfire’: New Mexico’s Record-Breaking, Early Fire Season
Here Are the Wildfire Risks to Homes Across the Lower 48 States
1 in 6 Americans live in areas with significant wildfire risk
How the future trees of New Mexico were almost destroyed by wildfires
‘Potentially historic’ wildfire event threatens New Mexico, Southwest
Smoke and sandstorm, seen from space
New Mexico governor urges Biden to declare wildfires a disaster to free funds
Massive wildfires helped fuel global forest losses in 2021
Wildfire near Smoky Mountains prompts mandatory evacuations
It’s official: Larger, more frequent wildfires are here
Older Wildfire Smoke Plumes Can Affect Climate
Recent Megafire Smoke Columns Have Reached the Stratosphere, Threatening Earth’s Ozone Shield
Wildfires are becoming more intense at night and lasting longer, study finds
Dixie Fire caused by PG&E, Cal Fire says. Fire was second largest in California history
California’s forever fire
‘Total devastation’ after wildfire charges through Colorado towns
Prairies on Fire in Montana Amid a Record December Heat Wave
…HEAT and all its ramifications
Heat waves could soon have names
Heat waves around the world push people and nations ‘to the edge’
Record heat to peak in Southwest through Saturday, then swell to east
A summer of blackouts? Wheezing power grid leaves states at risk.
Northeast heat wave to persist Sunday
Record heat fueling violent storms in central U.S.
Earth could soon briefly hit threatening climate threshold
NOAA and communities to map heat inequities in 14 U.S. cities and counties
Forests are reeling from climate change—but the future isn’t lost
Rooftop Gardens Can Help Alleviate Heat in Cities, Study Finds
The world’s forests do more than just store carbon, new research finds
Both of the planet’s poles experience extreme heat
2021 was world’s 6th-warmest year on record
Next Year Is Forecast to Be One of the Warmest on Record
Winter heat wave sets December records in four U.S. states, Canada
There’s a New Front in the War on Christmas
Seventy-Two Hours Under the Heat Dome
Extreme heat is one of the deadliest consequences of climate change.
Climate change is supercharging California heat waves, and the state isn’t ready
…Drought Dries up the West
A ‘Perfect Recipe for Extreme Wildfire’: New Mexico’s Record-Breaking, Early Fire Season
Extreme heat and humidity kill thousands of cattle in Kansas
These maps illustrate the seriousness of the western drought
As the Great Salt Lake dries up, Utah faces an ‘environmental nuclear bomb’
A Day Without Rain Is Like 22 Years In America’s Southwest
Colorado River: Serving as the “lifeline of the Southwest”
Megadrought causes perilously low water levels at Lake Mead
Las Vegas to save 10 billion gallons of water with new plan amid megadrought
Southwest megadrought pushes hydropower to the brink
Lake Mead could still tank in 2023, despite all we’ve done to save it
The American West should brace for a blackout summer, electricity regulator warns
Wildfire threatens ‘cultural genocide’ in New Mexico villages
Colorado River drought may be the ‘new normal’ and living with it will be costly, leaders say
Is that an outlaw lawn? Las Vegas has a new approach to saving water
Lake Mead plummets to unprecedented low, exposing original 1971 water intake valve
Southern California ‘cannot afford green lawns’ as drought forces unprecedented water cuts
California’s driest start to the year sparks water, wildfire concerns
The longest drought, redefined
Snowpack Report Underscores Need for Transformative Changes to Address Record-Setting California Drought
Hot spring forecast: Drought deepens in West, flooding ebbs
US west ‘megadrought’ is worst in at least 1,200 years, new study says
Study finds Western megadrought is the worst in 1,200 years
…where are we on this Earth Day outside of 2.6˚warmer than in 1970?
Earth Day is a Time for…Anger
Vintage Earth Day TV Ads, Ranked
Take Earth Day Back to Its Roots: Call Your Senators!
To celebrate Earth Day, the USGS is launching the new Climate Science Explorer section of the website
Seeds of hope: How nature inspires scientists to confront climate change
Take Action Against Climate Change With These Tools and Resources
52 Ways To Invest In Our Planet.
Earth Day 2022: Temperatures Rising
The best stories our climate journalists covered this past year
Happy Earth Day! Check Out Our Earth Day Climate Change Puzzle & USGS Climate Science Solutions!
Biden to issue Earth Day order to safeguard old-growth forests
Charting net zero: Insights on what the transition could look like
12 books for another Earth Day in the warming climate
…the relationship between war and climate change
A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War
Experts predict lasting environmental damage from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
War in Ukraine poses environmental risk now and in the future, advocates say
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a fossil fuel war, climate scientist says
Military experts urge climate-focused foreign aid
How does war contribute to climate change?
Scorched earth: The climate impact of conflict
Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War
War on the World
Costs and Consequences of US Post-9/11 Wars: Focus on Climate Change
Warfare and wildlife declines in Africa’s protected areas
4 Decades on, U.S. Starts Cleanup of Agent Orange in Vietnam
What’s the carbon footprint of … the Iraq war?
The Carbon Footprint Wars: What Might Happen If We Retreat From Globalization?
Warfare in Biodiversity Hotspots
…3rd IPCC report concludes “now or never!”
Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns
Climate change: Key UN finding widely misinterpreted
Podcast: Paulina Jaramillo on the IPCC’s new climate-solutions report
Individual Actions Can Reduce Emissions Up to 70%, Says IPCC Report
In the race to slow warming, the chorus for cutting methane grows louder
We Have the Technology to Solve Climate Change. What We Need Is Political Will
New IPCC report: Only political will stands in way of meeting the Paris targets
Climate Critical: 5 Big Takeaways From The IPCC Mitigation Report, According To Experts
UN climate report warns governments are falling short on lowering planet’s temperature
U.N. report outlines possible solutions for climate change and its societal impact
In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s sixth assessment on how to tackle climate change
UN warns Earth ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable world’
The world is running out of options to hit climate goals, U.N. report shows
The Field Report: New UN Climate Report Urges Food Systems Solutions—Before It’s Too Late
Renewables Are Key to Cutting Emissions Over Next Decade, U.N. Panel Says
‘It’s now or never’: UN climate report shows globe is on ‘track toward an unlivable world’
Climate action is a ‘now or never’ situation, IPCC warns
We have the tools to save the planet from climate change. Politics is getting in the way, new IPCC report says
IPCC: For climate goals, it’s ‘now or never’
UN calls for ‘substantial reduction’ in fossil fuels to limit climate change
‘We are at a crossroads’: New IPCC report says it’s fossil fuels or our future
New UN Climate Report Outlines Failure of Existing Policies, Need for Rapid Emissions Cuts
‘It’s Now Or Never’: We Have 3 Years to Reverse Course, Major Climate Report Finds
‘A file of shame’: Major UN climate report shows world is on track for catastrophic levels of warming
Technology can fix the climate mess—but not without help
Revolutionary changes in transportation could slow global warming
Emissions must peak in 3 years to avoid worst climate change impacts
The new IPCC report was delayed as scientists debated carbon capture
5 takeaways from the U.N. report on limiting global warming
‘It’s now or never’: UN climate report’s 4 urgent takeaways
Behind the curtain of the UN’s climate panel
The Top Water Takeaways From the IPCC Report
A Hotter Future Is Certain, Climate Panel Warns. But How Hot Is Up to Us.
...misinformation, disinformation, dark money and greenwashing
The Dirty Dozen: The Biggest Nonprofit Funders of Climate Denial
Big fossil’s disaster capitalist response to russia-ukraine
Social Media Still Lags in Fighting Climate Change Misinformation
In the dark: how social media companies’ climate disinformation problem is hidden from the public
Greenwashing 101: How to decipher corporate claims about climate
Press release: edgi releases report on carbon emissions by us corporations
Climate Misinformation on Social Media Is Undermining Climate Action
New details on big oil’s campaign to defeat climate action
Breaking down climate misinformation with amy westervelt and john cook
They derailed climate action for a decade. And bragged about it.
Reform Money in Politics
Documents show polluting industries mobilized to block climate action
Pinterest takes a stand on climate misinformation
Latest IPCC Reports Underscore Threat of Climate Disinformation
Facebook drives sceptics towards climate denial
Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok
Misinformation is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States
Climate action has been ‘a calamity’, says Senate Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse
Banks promised climate action. Where is it?
Koch et al Spend Over $50 Million on Climate Disinfo Organizations Between 2014-2020
World’s biggest money manager BlackRock does u-turn on climate commitments?
Revealed: 60% of Americans say oil firms are to blame for the climate crisi
The January 6 corporate accountability index
…the key findings of the IPCC report released February 28
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Podcast: Paulina Jaramillo on the IPCC’s new climate-solutions report
The 2022 IPCC Report on Climate Change: What You Can Do
Podcast 28: We need to talk about the latest IPCC report | with Peter Kalmus & Ella Gilbert
Editorial: U.N. finally calls out misinformation blocking climate action
‘We need to do all we can’: Five key takeaways from the U.N. climate report
Republicans threaten EPA authority via SCOTUS while UN warns against inaction
Postcards from Earth’s climate futures
IPCC report: 10 key findings from major global climate assessment
How climate change is hurting living things on Earth right now, according to a new report
Global health has improved for decades. Climate change could change that.
New UN report warns of deadly climate change consequences
UN panel’s grim climate change report: ‘Parts of the planet will become uninhabitable’
Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, U.N. Warns
The effects of climate change are worse than we thought, an unflinching new UN report finds
Climate change is killing people, but there’s still time to reverse the damage
UN climate report: ‘Atlas of human suffering’ worse, bigger
Humanity has a ‘brief and rapidly closing window’ to avoid a hotter, deadly future, U.N. climate report says
IPCC issues ‘bleakest warning yet’ on impacts of climate breakdown
‘Delay is Death,’ said UN Chief António Guterres of the New IPCC Report Showing Climate Impacts Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts
What is the IPCC climate change report – and what does it say?
Climate change already worse than expected, says new UN report
WWF Statement on UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report
Video message by UN Secretary General at the WGII AR6 press conference
...Climate Change and Food; Farming and Eating Sustainably
Interactive: What is the climate impact of eating meat and dairy?
…Don’t Look Up
Just a little too slow
…climate change in 2021
These 193 stories show the reality of climate change. In every country in the world.
How well do you know Biden’s environmental track record? Take our quiz
New renewable power plants are reducing U.S. electricity generation from natural gas
State of the climate: How the world warmed in 2021
2021 was world’s 6th-warmest year on record
Ocean warmth sets record high in 2021 as a result of emissions
1 big thing: A banner year for billion-dollar disasters
More than 40% of Americans live in counties hit by climate disasters in 2021
Grid energy storage surged in 2021, as we predicted
December Was Likely the Hottest on Record for the U.S.
Top News of 2021
Top 2021 climate realities demand a New Year’s resolution for our planet
TIME’s Top Climate Stories of 2021
Hey Ho It’s Hot Out Here
Our Best Food System Solutions Stories of 2021
Check out the best- and worst-performing clean energy funds of 2021
In a record-breaking year of weather, signs of a changed world
Climate Crises Dominated 2021. But These Innovations Offer Some Hope
2021: Year in review
The top 6 ambitious state climate laws passed in 2021
Taking Stock And Looking Forward: Climate and Animal Agriculture
The Climate Issue
Historic U.S. weather events in 2021, by the numbers
The rare spots of good news on climate change
The Climate Impacts We Saw in 2021
In 2021, climate ambitions soared and crashed in the U.S. and around the world
The year in climate news
From floods and wildfires to inaction and urgency: These are the top climate and weather stories of 2021
Sustainability became a major corporate priority in 2021, but it ends with Biden’s climate bill being canned
10 Record-Breaking Moments That Blew Our Meteorologists’ Minds in 2021
Devastating Colorado fires cap a year of climate disasters in 2021, with one side of the country too wet, the other dangerously dry
The solar industry in 2021: Big, complicated and kind of weird
New video explores ups and downs of global energy pricing in 2021
2021 brought a wave of extreme weather disasters. Scientists say worse lies ahead.
Cold, heat, fires, hurricanes and tornadoes: The year in weather disasters
COP26, global emissions gaps, and extreme weather disasters: These are the top climate change stories of 2021
…Hurricanes and Flooding
New Orleans is coming back from Ida, but rural Louisiana is still struggling.
Nearly all power has been restored in New Orleans, where at least 10 people died of excess heat after Ida.
Can Hurricane Ida Move Public Opinion on Climate Change?
Hurricane Larry Strengthens to a Category 3 Storm
Death toll from Ida climbs above 60 from Louisiana to New England
More than 45 dead after Ida’s remnants blindside Northeast
U.S. Civil Engineers Bent the Rules to Give New Orleans Extra Protection from Hurricanes. Those Adjustments Might Have Saved the City During Ida
Northeast pummeled with colossal flooding, destructive tornadoes
43 Die as Deadliest Storm Since Sandy Devastates the Northeast
The Truth Is That You Can’t Protect Everything From Every Hurricane
Ida churns up tension on infrastructure vs. climate change
Power makes slow return to eastern New Orleans
Intensifying Hurricane Ida a significant threat to key infrastructure
…nuclear energy and its role in reaching our climate goals