Healthy coral reefs can significantly reduce hurricane damage for coastlines, yet many still face harms, including pollution and ship damage, that people have the power to stop.
May 12, 2026
Ocean carbon removal is picking up, just as Microsoft pulls out as a major funder of carbon removal projects.
May 12, 2026
David Attenborough, the world’s most famous wildlife presenter, is celebrating his 100th birthday on Friday
May 08, 2026
Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to figure out if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise
May 06, 2026
Ride a jet ski through a re-creation of an Alaska mega-tsunami with the help of science
May 06, 2026
Tree cover globally cools nearly half the warming from built-up cities, but it’s doing it more in richer, cooler areas and less in hotter poorer areas where it’s needed most
May 06, 2026
A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that visited Antarctica has highlighted a growing tourism trend
May 06, 2026
Wall Street's top regulator is crafting regulations to undo a dormant Biden-era
May 05, 2026
The U.S.
May 04, 2026
Small-scale solar panels usable by renters and without rooftop installation can boost renewable energy use and reduce the effects of high electricity prices.
May 04, 2026
What oil crisis? China’s EVs are ready to dominate the 21st century
May 02, 2026
The world’s maritime nations preserved a plan to adopt the first global carbon fee on shipping, as they agreed to keep working on it in the fall and adjourned their meeting
May 02, 2026
The U.S. biodiesel industry, still recovering from one of its most difficult years, will have a hard time ramping up production
April 30, 2026
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is back on Capitol Hill defending the administration's plan to cut in half the EPA's budget
April 29, 2026
The Trump administration is spending nearly $2 billion to get energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects
April 29, 2026
The rapid expansion of critical mineral extraction is trading away human and ecological well-being for technological breakthroughs. There are ways to fix this.
April 29, 2026
Destruction of the world's tropical forests eased in 2025 from a record high, a report showed on Wednesday, underscoring how decisive policy can
April 29, 2026
Officials battling two large wildfires in southern Georgia say firefighters are bracing for a long battle even after weekend rains boosted their containment efforts
April 29, 2026
Farmers face tough choices to keep permanent crops alive during the statewide drought emergency
April 29, 2026
The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development
April 28, 2026
Homes destroyed, pets lost and precious memories burned to ashes in Georgia wildfires
April 25, 2026
How you store produce can make a major difference in how long it lasts
April 24, 2026
Fallen trees and limbs scattered across Georgia by Hurricane Helene more than a year ago are now helping fuel destructive wildfires in the state
April 23, 2026
Rain and heat threaten strawberry crops
April 24, 2026
Worst spring drought on record grips US, fueling wildfires and water worries
April 23, 2026
Large chunks of ice have rammed into homes along Michigan's Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula as constant spring rainfall and winter melt have flooded homes and threatened to overflow stressed dam systems
April 22, 2026
Warmer weather could impact miller moths during migration
April 22, 2026
Across the world, groups of activists, teachers and psychologists are tackling one of the world’s most daunting problems — human-caused climate change — with laughter, dancing, hugs and most especially joy
April 22, 2026
Fish struggle in Jordan River as low runoff leaves water dangerously shallow
April 22, 2026
Scientists are using controlled fires to study how to protect homes from wildfires
April 21, 2026
The tree mix matters. Near Chesapeake Bay, scientists have been experimenting with mini-forests for over a decade. The surprising results show how biodiversity pays off.
April 21, 2026
The contiguous United States is experiencing record drought levels for this time of year, according to weather data
April 18, 2026
The Department of Energy will retain funding for major carbon direct air capture awarded under the Biden administration after targeting them for
April 18, 2026
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill conducted a roundtable with leading AI executives and academics to discuss the potential transformative impacts of the technology on American society
April 17, 2026
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to stop Hawaii from suing fossil fuel companies in state court over climate change,
April 16, 2026
The World Bank and other top development lenders launched a new global initiative dubbed Water Forward on Wednesday, aimed at improving secure water access for a billion
April 16, 2026
People who are trying to fish – or manage the ecosystems – in darker waters may need to adapt to different water conditions.
April 15, 2026
Computer models of the storm hitting different areas show how much damage is possible, yet flood maps still focus on where flooding is most likely instead.
April 14, 2026
The Texas city of Corpus Christi is facing a severe water crisis because of a prolonged drought, and it is a threat not just to residential use but also to the refineries and petrochemical plants in a major energy port
April 12, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency has gutted rules that target waste from burning coal
April 10, 2026
The first predictions for hurricane season are in and El Niño’s fingerprints are all over it
April 09, 2026
These two iconic polar species have been driven to endangered status by a warming planet
April 09, 2026
Nevada's largest utility company says it may not meet its 2030 clean energy goals due to the demands from data centers
April 09, 2026
Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work
April 08, 2026
A freakishly dry spring is literally changing the landscape in Colorado
April 06, 2026
Hydrologists working high in the Rocky Mountains have measured what they say is Colorado’s driest winter of snow moisture on record
April 01, 2026
Streamflows the West relies on for drinking water and farms used to follow a fairly predictable arc as winter snow melted. Rising temperatures are changing that.
April 01, 2026
The Clean Air Act gave California the authority to issue tough pollution standards for vehicles, with EPA approval. The Trump administration is now trying to stop it.
March 31, 2026
Alpine monitors are reporting that all but two of Austria’s 96 glaciers have retreated over the last two years and say such a “dramatic development” highlights the impact of climate change
March 13, 2026
China is signaling it will stay focused on technology and economic growth, even as U.S. tensions with Iran rise
March 12, 2026
A wildflower in California reveals a newly documented evolutionary process
March 13, 2026
The Trump administration is suing California over the state's nation-leading vehicle emission standards
March 13, 2026
Say goodbye to spring — a major weather pattern shift is coming
March 12, 2026
King penguins are adapting to climate change in a way that seems to help them breed successfully, which is unusual
March 12, 2026
As the Iran war widens, experts say the Middle East’s real strategic weak point may be water — not oil
March 08, 2026
Farming areas that use lots of fertilizers and pesticides stood out for the swift and accelerating decline of their bird populations.
March 11, 2026
The Iran war is shaking the global energy system and with it Earth's climate future
March 09, 2026
A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters
March 05, 2026
Solar cycles, sea ice and rising electricity use all play a role. So does an unhealthy surprise that has been quietly hiding a large amount of global warming – until now.
March 05, 2026
Scientists find sea levels are already much higher than we thought. That could spell trouble for the future
March 05, 2026
Floods in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state have killed at least 46 people and forced thousands from their homes
February 25, 2026
Power outages, travel troubles and bitter cold plague Northeast in wake of historic bomb cyclone blizzard
February 24, 2026
Meteorologists say the powerful nor’easter smacking the Northeast is a classic, record-setting blizzard
February 23, 2026
Supreme Court to decide if Colorado city can sue oil companies for climate change
February 23, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants
February 20, 2026
El Nino warps weather worldwide
February 20, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll shows more Americans say extreme cold has affected their lives after frigid weather engulfed much of North America at the beginning of 2026
February 20, 2026
The Trump administration’s revocation of a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health is likely to affect communities of color the most
February 20, 2026
A new study shows hot, dry and windy weather that fuels extreme wildfires has nearly tripled worldwide in 45 years
February 18, 2026
Team USA skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, along with Italy’s Federica Brignone, are among the many skiers who have expressed concern during these Olympic Games about the accelerating melt of the world’s glaciers
February 18, 2026
A marine researcher says he has video evidence of the first recorded shark in the Antarctic Ocean
February 18, 2026
Coffee wilt disease has continually devastated farms around the world. Understanding the fungus’s genetics can help protect everyone’s cup of joe.
February 17, 2026
As Trump tests alliances, Democrats with 2028 ambitions offer reassurance at Munich conference
February 13, 2026
Rubio and European leaders agree on one thing: The old world order ‘no longer exists’
February 13, 2026
Climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease, doctors and scientists explain. Erasing the federal endangerment finding increases the risk.
February 12, 2026
California photographer and conservationist Krystle Hickman is on a quest to document hundreds of species of native bees, which are under threat by climate change and habitat loss, some of it caused by the more recognizable and agriculturally valued honey bee
February 13, 2026
The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.”
February 12, 2026
Trump delivers a deadly blow to EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution
February 12, 2026
Everyday lifestyle choices can add up to significant climate impact when even a small share of the population makes them
February 12, 2026
A football-size creature may have been among the earliest plant-eating land animals
February 11, 2026
The Southern Plains states get a severe drought about once a decade, but long-lasting droughts lately have been leaving farms, rangeland and water sources with too little time to recover.
February 09, 2026
Olympic fans came to Cortina with heavy winter coats and gloves
February 09, 2026
Energy Star, the program that helps guide consumers to more energy-efficient appliances and electronics, has survived President Donald Trump’s attempt to kill it
February 06, 2026
The eastern US has been gripped by an Arctic freeze. That’s about to change
February 06, 2026
A new study out in the journal Science Advances finds that chronic exposure to wildfire smoke has contributed to tens of thousands of deaths each year in the United States
February 04, 2026
The frigid weather gripping much of America is not unprecedented, but it feels that way
February 03, 2026
CheapInsurance.com used NOAA data to analyze the rising number of billion-dollar disasters and their implications for the insurance marketplace in the U.S.
March 03, 2025
China has significantly increased its coal power capacity, reviving concerns about its climate-changing carbon emissions
February 03, 2026
Massive blankets of snow and ice are expected in parts of the U.S. this weekend, with frost and snow flurries possible in Florida
January 30, 2026
One of the longest cold-air outbreaks in decades is about to get even colder, with record temps as far south as Florida
January 28, 2026
The Trump administration is taking a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states
January 28, 2026
Researchers say human-induced climate change worsened recent torrential rains and floods in southern Africa
January 29, 2026
Many homeowners could save money on their heating bills by installing heat pumps – but not everyone, and not everywhere.
January 29, 2026
The winter storm is here and two-thirds of the US population is facing this extreme cold. More than half of all Americas will experience subzero wind chills over the next 3 days.
January 26, 2026
The atmosphere is a complicated place. Warm temperatures in one spot can contribute to brutally cold storms somewhere else.
January 24, 2026
Tracking the potentially historic US winter storm in maps and charts
January 22, 2026
Forecasters say over half the U.S. population could be affected by snow, ice or bitter cold as a winter storm sweeps across the county
January 23, 2026
King Charles III has teamed up with Amazon Prime to make a film about his vision for saving the planet, 16 years after he wrote a book on the subject
January 24, 2026
When the blockbuster winter storm will arrive in your city
January 23, 2026
Floods in Mozambique have led to a new threat
January 23, 2026
Like living beyond your financial means, using more water than nature can replenish can have catastrophic results.
January 20, 2026
The world has entered a new era of ‘water bankruptcy’ with irreversible consequences
January 20, 2026
Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and observers are converging on the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting
January 19, 2026
A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks’ teeth and found that future generations of sharks could have weaker teeth because of changing ocean chemistry
January 16, 2026
Prehistoric wolf’s gut frozen in time reveals an ice age giant
January 15, 2026
Climate change is driving a global boom in desalination as regions turn to the sea for drinking water
January 15, 2026
Scientists have inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores in an Antarctic vault
January 14, 2026
A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm for Rhode Island and Connecticut can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Donald Trump seeks to shut it down
January 12, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has delivered his final State of the State address to lawmakers in Sacramento
January 08, 2026
Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so
January 08, 2026
A year after devastating fires in the L
January 07, 2026
Farm bills – famously complex legislative and spending balances between farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation and more – have tended to be passed about every five years since 1933.
January 07, 2026
The Trump administration has ordered another coal-fired power facility to remain open
December 31, 2025
Baltimore woman knits scarf with each color tracking daily temperatures
December 30, 2025
A strengthening bomb cyclone is barreling across the northern United States, unleashing severe winter weather in the Midwest and aiming at the East Coast
December 29, 2025
Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded
December 29, 2025
Southern Hungary landowner Oszkár Nagyapáti has been battling severe drought on his land
December 29, 2025
Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky
December 22, 2025
Grappling with its worst drought in a century, Iraq bets on a controversial oil-for-water deal
December 21, 2025
Scientists used specialized equipment to dive into the ocean’s ‘twilight zone.’ They found creatures never seen before
December 19, 2025
Wastewater flushed down the drain can be used to heat and cool homes and buildings in a sustainable way and climate experts say it's an untapped source of energy due to its stable temperature of approximately 70°F
December 19, 2025
Lack of snow is causing problems for ski resorts and other businesses in the Western U.S. that rely on wintry conditions
December 19, 2025
The Trump admin is closing a critical research center in Colorado as president spars with the state’s governor
December 17, 2025
Grist reports that climate change is loading rice—the beloved grain that feeds more than half of the world's population—with increasing amounts of arsenic, creating a "scary" health burden.
June 13, 2025
New data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed
December 15, 2025
Dense toxic smog has blanketed New Delhi, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks and disrupting travel
December 15, 2025
Nearly a third of all countries worldwide have pledged to phase out their unabated coal-burning power. But China and India are still adding coal plants – for now.
November 14, 2025
The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely
December 12, 2025
A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore billions in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding
December 12, 2025
A new lawsuit seeks to overturn the recent approval of an exploratory drilling program in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
December 11, 2025
The Trump administration has made several efforts to support the coal industry, but even if coal were free, the economics aren’t in its favor.
December 11, 2025
A powerful atmospheric river has drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons of rain over the past week
December 10, 2025
Ocean temperatures warmed by human-caused climate change fed the intense rainfall that triggered deadly floods and landslides across Asia in recent weeks, according to an analysis released Wednesday
December 10, 2025
Trump administration taps election fraud crusader to help lead FEMA
December 10, 2025
Rain has finally fallen in Iran's capital after months of drought
December 10, 2025
Southeast Asia is embracing the embattled offshore wind industry as it reels from U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of renewable energy
December 10, 2025
Trump admin is ‘trying to put out a fire they started’ at Weather Service as a cold, snowy winter looms
December 09, 2025
Industry leaders have objected to reversals of long-standing policies, and market forces are moving against the Trump administration’s hopes.
December 09, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has defended U_S_ military strikes on alleged drug cartel boats, saying President Donald Trump has the right to take military action “as he sees fit.”
December 06, 2025
How a cocktail of rogue storms and climate chaos unleashed deadly flooding across Asia
December 06, 2025
President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed slashing fuel economy standards that former President Joe Biden had finalized last year, in a push to
December 03, 2025
Trump announces plan to rescind Biden-era fuel-economy standards for vehicles
December 03, 2025
Climate change will make you poorer, according to a new report
April 17, 2024
The best hurricane forecasts of 2025 came from an AI model
December 03, 2025
Southeast Asia has been hit by unusually severe floods this year, with late storms killing more than 1,400 people and leaving hundreds missing across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
December 03, 2025
More than 1,100 killed as deadly storms cause flooding and landslides across Asia
November 30, 2025
Taps may run dry in this country, where the water crisis is so severe it can be seen from space
December 01, 2025
The Moss Landing battery fire became an unintended experiment – showing how burning lithium-ion cells scattered nickel, cobalt and manganese over a protected marsh.
December 01, 2025
A blast of frigid air from Canada is expected to dump up to a foot of snow along a stretch extending from Michigan to central New England and put more than 16 million
December 01, 2025
Here’s what snow forecasters are watching, and why skiers and other snow lovers shouldn’t lose hope.
December 01, 2025
Indonesian Reliwati Siregar gestured angrily at deforestation around her home on the island of Sumatra, where landslides and floods
December 02, 2025
How extreme weather is making plastic pollution more mobile, more persistent and more hazardous
November 27, 2025
Post-Thanksgiving cross-country winter storm could wreck travel as it brings the most widespread snow of the season
November 26, 2025
Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva fought back tears as global diplomats applauded her for several minutes on Saturday in the closing plenary of
November 26, 2025
The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
November 24, 2025
Born of crisis but torn by years of tensions among its members, the Group of 20 major economies scored a rare victory this weekend for
November 24, 2025
Heavy rains have caused deadly flooding and landslides in Southeast Asia
November 24, 2025
In the final fractious hours of the U.N. climate summit in Brazil, when a deal to advance the world's fight against global warming was slipping out of
November 23, 2025
This year's U.N. climate change summit ended with a tenuous compromise for a deal that skipped over most countries' key demands but for one: committing wealthy
November 23, 2025
Group of 20 leaders adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges on
November 22, 2025
A G20 draft leaders' declaration includes references to "climate change" in defiance of U.S. objections, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
November 21, 2025
Many of the activists, scientists and government leaders at United Nations climate talks underway in Brazil have a beef: They want more to be done to transform the world’s food system
November 21, 2025
World leaders are arriving for a historic first Group of 20 summit in Africa that aims to put the problems of poor countries at the top of the global agenda
November 21, 2025
The Trump administration is proposing new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production that is already leading the world
November 20, 2025
Fire disrupted United Nations climate talks with just two scheduled days left and negotiators yet to announce any major agreements
November 20, 2025
The EU is launching a service to measure the role climate change is playing in extreme weather events like heatwaves and extreme rain, and
November 20, 2025
A new study finds that thousands of hazardous sites across the U.S. are at risk of flooding due to sea level rise that could pose public health threats to neighboring communities
November 20, 2025
Brazil failed to land an early COP30 climate deal on Wednesday, though President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remained upbeat about the
November 19, 2025
A polar vortex disruption is on the way, and its magnitude is almost unheard of in November
November 19, 2025
A Belgian farmer is taking TotalEnergies to court, arguing the company should pay for climate change damage
November 19, 2025
A federal appeals court has paused a California law that requires companies that do business in the state and make more than $500 million a year to report how climate change could hurt them financially
November 18, 2025
Brazil said on Tuesday it still expects to land a deal on some of the most contentious issues at the COP30 climate
November 18, 2025
Surging demand for high-quality
November 18, 2025
An existential question hangs over this year's COP30 summit in Brazil: what are the annual U.N. climate negotiations
November 18, 2025
The prime minister of tiny Tuvalu said on Tuesday that his country treasures its "special relationship" with Taiwan, making a visit to Taipei at a time of growing
November 18, 2025
Heavy rain has swept central Vietnam, triggering landslides and floods, killing at least seven people, injuring dozens, and stranding thousands
November 17, 2025
Iran turns to cloud-seeding as historic drought causes driest fall in 50 years
November 16, 2025
Thousands of climate protesters marched through the Brazilian city of Belem on Saturday in a noisy, diverse and peaceful display to demand
November 15, 2025
Thousands of demonstrators marched in Belem, Brazil, at the halfway point of United Nations climate talks to demand progress from negotiators on the problem of climate change — among other causes
November 15, 2025
Tariffs are coming for your holiday wine
November 15, 2025
With the United States absent from the U.N. annual international climate summit for the first time in three decades, China is
November 15, 2025
Photo essay: See here "The fire started on my birthday," says taxi driver Simon Rodriguez, hauling
November 14, 2025
A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest in Japan for more than a decade vowed at COP30 in Brazil to continue fighting for marine
November 13, 2025
While Trump scraps US climate policies, companies still face pressure from states, other countries and their customers. That pressure trickles down supply chains.
November 13, 2025
The U.S.
November 13, 2025
Australia’s conservative Liberal Party on Thursday walked away from its policy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and pledged instead to prioritise bringing down
November 13, 2025
Scientists report that emissions from fossil fuels rose by 1.1% in 2025, marking the second consecutive year of a small increase
November 13, 2025
From extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses, climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Health scientists explain what individuals and governments can do about it.
November 12, 2025
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago
November 09, 2025
California police recover semi-truck trailer containing $170,000 in Tesla materials
Justice Department charges more than 80 people in Puerto Rico gang takedown
Meta, Roblox agree to child-safety measures sought by Philippines, minister says
Barcelona scraps tribute to Spain World Cup winners. Act supporting Catalan symbol is expected
Poland does not want nuclear warheads on its territory, deputy defence minister says
Swedish government raises GDP forecast ahead of September election
OpenAI, Nvidia CEOs to speak at tech-focused G20 meeting
Carlos Alcaraz opens US Open title defense against Safiullin, Venus Williams plays Sofia Kenin