The big question: Would climate engineering like sending reflective particles into the stratosphere or brightening clouds help reduce the national security risks of climate change or make them worse?
April 04, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $20 billion in grants for clean energy projects combating climate change, including residential heat pumps, electric vehicle charging stations and community cooling centers
April 04, 2024
Senior finance and central bank officials from Southeast Asia and major economies are meeting in the scenic Laotian city of Luang Prabang to discuss ways to help the region build resilience against shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters brought on by climate change
April 04, 2024
Not all activists are in the media spotlight, but they’re crucial to promoting action to slow climate change.
April 02, 2024
Carbon capture is turning the oil and gas industry into a critical player for mitigating climate change – while its products continue to heat up the planet.
April 01, 2024
A new drought has left millions facing hunger in southern Africa as they experience the effects of extreme weather that scientists say is becoming more frequent and more damaging
March 31, 2024
Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year
March 28, 2024
It may not be too “appeeling,” but the price of some bananas are rising by a few cents
March 27, 2024
Some companies planning to use new U.S. tax credits to deploy hydrogen projects urged the Treasury Department this week to ease proposed environmental
March 27, 2024
For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster
March 27, 2024
Dozens of tractors have sealed off streets close to European Union headquarters where the 27 EU agriculture ministers are planning to the crisis in the sector that has led to months of protests
March 26, 2024
These are turbulent times for wind and solar energy
March 25, 2024
A major European Union plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc has been indefinitely postponed
March 25, 2024
The industrial sector is getting $6 billion in federal funding for projects that will slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, the largest-ever U.S. investment to decarbonize domestic industries
March 25, 2024
It will be a very tiny big-game hunt for one of the largest animals in North America
March 24, 2024
A study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank finds that food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change
March 21, 2024
Over 30 leaders and delegations from around the world are backing the idea to use nuclear energy to help achieve the goal of a climate-neutral globe while giving more countries an added sense of economic and security independence
March 21, 2024
South Sudan is shutting all its schools and warning of an extreme heat wave that's expected to last two weeks
March 17, 2024
America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms
March 14, 2024
The Interior Department will be allocating more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of climate change
March 14, 2024
Germany’s vice chancellor has launched a program initially worth up to 4 billion euros to help heavy industry shift to more climate-friendly production over a 15-year period
March 12, 2024
Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared
March 11, 2024
Heat pumps that fit in an apartment window could make a big impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change
March 11, 2024
Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter
March 08, 2024
An unusually warm winter has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice and sent scientists scrambling to understand the possible consequences as climate change accelerates
March 07, 2024
Scientists calculate that for the ninth straight month Earth has obliterated global heat records
March 07, 2024
Climate disclosure rules are meant to help investors understand their risks, but they come with costs for companies, as a finance scholar explains.
March 06, 2024
Scientists have confirmed the presence of a whale off New England that went extinct in the Atlantic Ocean two centuries ago
March 05, 2024
Strong winds have spread flames and prompted at least one evacuation while airplanes dropped fire retardant over the northern Texas Panhandle as firefighters worked to stop the largest wildfire in state history
March 04, 2024
Elected officials, community leaders and farmworkers on Saturday launched a project to significantly increase the amount of shade in unincorporated areas in the Eastern Coachella Valley, a major agricultural area in southern California where temperatures routinely top 100 degrees in the summer
March 02, 2024
America’s lobster fishing business dipped in catch while grappling with challenges including a changing ocean environment and new rules designed to protect rare whales
March 01, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it is delaying planned rules for existing natural gas plants that emit harmful air pollutants and contribute to global warming
February 29, 2024
The European Union is on the brink of approving a major plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc after protests from farmers and opposition from the biggest party in parliament led it to be diluted
February 27, 2024
Maine's governor says a state-owned site on the coast of Maine will serve as the location of an offshore wind port critical to developing the nation’s first floating offshore wind power research array
February 20, 2024
Large parts of Appalachia’s forests, once owned by coal companies, now make money for investors by storing carbon. But the results bring few jobs or sizable investments for residents.
February 20, 2024
Many companies, philanthropic organizations and national and international entities tout the promise of alternative crops to fight climate change
February 17, 2024
Researchers are finding that record hot seawater killed more than three-quarters of human-cultivated coral that scientists had placed in the Florida Keys in recent years
February 16, 2024
A team of scientists says extreme wind and rain may contribute to bigger and worse desert locust outbreaks
February 14, 2024
The United Nations chief is warning that climate chaos and food crises are increasing threats to global peace
February 14, 2024
With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears have to shift their diets to land during parts of the summer
February 13, 2024
A new United Nations report says nearly half of the world's migratory species are in decline
February 12, 2024
An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking a bit more likely and closer than before as a new complex computer simulation finds a “cliff-like” tipping point looming in the future
February 09, 2024
NASA's newest climate satellite has blasted off to survey the world's oceans and atmosphere in unprecedented detail
February 08, 2024
The European climate agency says for the eighth straight month in January, Earth was record hot
February 08, 2024
The US, a minor liquefied natural gas supplier a decade ago, now is the world’s top source. That’s good for energy security, but bad for Earth’s climate. An energy scholar explains the trade-offs.
February 07, 2024
A handful of super powerful tropical cyclones in the last decade has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6
February 05, 2024
At least 112 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile
February 05, 2024
A handful of centuries-old sponges from the Caribbean are causing some scientists to theorize that human-caused climate change began sooner and has warmed the world nearly a degree Fahrenheit more than most scientists previously thought
February 05, 2024
The day after a Minnesota man survived an avalanche while snowmobiling in Montana's backcountry, government forecasters posted details of the near-tragedy as yet another cautionary tale
February 03, 2024
Scrutiny over Taylor Swift’s travel in private jets has been bubbling up online, with people pointing out the planet-warming emissions that are let off with each flight
February 02, 2024
With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are shifting their emphasis to local battles − in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.
February 02, 2024
Rising seas and frequent storms are taking their toll on California's iconic public piers and raising questions about the future of the landmarks
February 02, 2024
Oil giant Shell saw profits tumble by nearly a third in 2023 as a result of lower oil and gas prices, which had surged the year before in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
February 01, 2024
Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia has declared a drought emergency for the area of some 6 million people including the city of Barcelona
February 01, 2024
Researchers say the number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, likely due to how wet it was
January 30, 2024
The U.N.’s weather agency has confirmed a reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sicily two years ago as the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe
January 30, 2024
Two climate activists have hurled soup at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system
January 28, 2024
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined a march in southern England to protest the use of private jets and the expansion of an airport
January 27, 2024
The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
January 26, 2024
For years, John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua were the two most important people working on global warming
January 26, 2024
Two federal agencies are looking to better protect endangered whales amid a surge in offshore wind farm development
January 25, 2024
As the climate changes and weather warms, the freezing line is shifting, bringing rain and ice to regions not prepared for it.
January 25, 2024
In the age-old battle of man versus nature, nature usually wins
January 25, 2024
Rapid and accelerating groundwater level declines are widespread in dry climates where groundwater is used for irrigation. But some communities have found ways to turn things around.
January 24, 2024
Scientists have spotted previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins in new satellite imagery
January 23, 2024
A study of dozens of city gardens and urban farms across the US and Europe found several ways to boost their benefits, not just for their neighborhoods, but for the planet.
January 22, 2024
President Biden has called for protecting large, old trees from logging, but many of them could be cut while the regulatory process grinds forward.
January 19, 2024
The world can expect fewer severe cold events as average temperatures rise, but people still need to be prepared for wintery blasts.
January 17, 2024
While the U.S. is shivering through bone-chilling cold, most of the rest of world is feeling unusually warm weather
January 16, 2024
A tropical cyclone has caused heavy flooding and at least one death in Mauritius as cars were washed away by surges of water in the Indian Ocean island’s capital city and other places
January 15, 2024
The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary
January 12, 2024
The combination of the source of the CO₂ and its end use determines its environmental and economic benefits or consequences.
January 12, 2024
The amount of renewable energy installed around the world last year grew at its fastest rate in the past 25 years
January 11, 2024
A study suggests an ancient species of great ape was likely driven to extinction by environmental changes
January 10, 2024
The fight against climate change requires the mass cooperation of industries, companies, governments and communities around the globe
January 10, 2024
An atmospheric scientist explains how rising temperatures are helping to fuel extreme storms, floods, droughts and devastating wildfires.
January 09, 2024
Azerbaijan’s ecology minister has been named to lead the United Nations’ annual climate talks later this year
January 05, 2024
The U.N. health agency says reported cases of dengue globally increased tenfold over the last generation
December 22, 2023
A state appeals court in Oregon has decided that the rules for a program designed to limit and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel companies are invalid
December 21, 2023
Dengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began in 1980 as experts warn that rising temperatures and rapid urbanization are accelerating the pace of infections
December 13, 2023
With the United Nations climate talks wrapping up in Dubai, foundations and other funders pledged at least $2.1 billion in new financing to reduce climate impacts, especially from agriculture
December 12, 2023
Young people have been at the forefront of environmental and climate change movements in recent years: initiatives like school strikes for climate action, protests at United Nations climate talks and around the world, and local clean ups have often been youth-led
December 08, 2023
In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf coast facing a major precipitation deficit
December 08, 2023
The agreement still leaves many unanswered questions, as well as concerns from vulnerable countries about who will qualify, who pays and who is in charge.
December 06, 2023
South of Cape Cod, fiddler crabs and marsh grass have long had a mutually beneficial relationship. It’s a different story in the North, where the harms can ricochet through ecosystems.
December 05, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris flew to the Middle East to tackle climate change and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, two challenges that have flummoxed White Houses for decades
December 03, 2023
Thousands of people have marched through the center of Brussels in a boisterous rally highlighting the dangers of climate change, as the COP28 climate summit draws to an end in the United Arab Emirates
December 03, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris has engaged in a quick round of diplomacy with Arab leaders while attending the U.N. climate summit in the United Arab Emirates
December 02, 2023
Leaders of developing nations launched into the second-day of a U.N. climate summit to press rich industrialized countries to share their knowhow to fight global warming and ease the financial burdens they face
December 02, 2023
Climate protesters caused a pair of interruptions totaling 22 minutes during the opening night of a revival of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” at the Metropolitan Opera
December 01, 2023
The world wants more nuclear energy as a means to fight climate change and supply an ever-growing demand for electricity, part of a generational shift in thinking on atomic power
November 30, 2023
Fed Chair Jerome Powell bristles at talk of managing climate change, but the damage it is doing the US economy is hard to ignore, as the latest National Climate Assessment shows.
November 29, 2023
Experts say the world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists anticipated
November 29, 2023
Dubai is preparing to host the COP28 climate talks as world leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden and Pope Francis have signaled they will not be attending the negotiations
November 28, 2023
Negotiating global progress on climate change involves walking a fine line, as a former UN official explains.
November 27, 2023
Earth's climate is in trouble, and the signs could be seen around the world this summer
November 27, 2023
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Antarctica just before the COP28 climate talks begin in Dubai
November 23, 2023
The oil and gas sector, one of the major emitters of planet-warming gases, will need a rapid and substantial overhaul for the world to avoid even worse extremes fueled by human-caused climate change
November 23, 2023
France, backed by the United States, plans to seek a halt to private financing for coal-based
November 21, 2023
In a move that may soon be replicated elsewhere, the Gila River Indian Community recently signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to put solar panels over a stretch of irrigation canal on their land south of Phoenix
November 20, 2023
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the U.K. is setting up a new science initiative to help develop flood-tolerant rice, disease-resistant wheat and other crops that are more resilient to climate change
November 20, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its “plant hardiness zone map” for the first time in a decade
November 18, 2023
European Union negotiators have reached a deal to reduce highly polluting methane gas emissions from the energy sector across the 27-nation bloc
November 15, 2023
U.S.
November 13, 2023
Rapidly changing temperatures and sensory environments are challenging the nervous systems of many species. Animals will be forced to evolve to survive.
November 13, 2023
Water taps flow just one day out of three in Mayotte, a French territory off Africa’s eastern coast
November 12, 2023
A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring island leveled an entire town and killed at least 99 people
November 12, 2023
In the face of human-caused climate change impacting water access and weather patterns in the Willamette Valley — a region known for hops growing — farmers are using all the new strategies they can get to stay afloat and provide for large and small breweries alike
November 11, 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron says melting glaciers pose “an unprecedented challenge for humanity.”
November 10, 2023
With many countries planning fossil fuel production increases and continuing subsidies, negotiators have their work cut out for them when the COP28 climate summit begins.
November 10, 2023
More than 60 countries have said they back a deal spearheaded by the European Union, United States and United Arab Emirates to
November 10, 2023
A project to build a first-of-a-kind small modular nuclear reactor power plant was terminated Wednesday
November 09, 2023
South Pacific leaders are heading to the stunning island of Aitutaki to discuss climate change and other regional concerns
November 09, 2023
Debate over proposed regulations for deep-sea mining will stretch into next year as a U.N. agency that presides over the international seabed has concluded its last meeting of the year
November 08, 2023
Close to 400 people connected to fossil fuel industries in some way or another attended last year’s United Nations’ climate talks in Egypt
November 08, 2023
Global warming plus leverage equals a big mess for companies.
November 06, 2023
The same instruments used to measure earthquakes pick up vibrations as ocean waves put pressure on the sea floor. Four decades of data tell a story about ocean storms.
November 06, 2023
The cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey is the latest in a series of setbacks for the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry, jeopardizing President Joe Biden's goal of powering 10 million homes by towering ocean-based turbines by the end of the decade
November 04, 2023
The U.K.'s national forecaster says Storm Ciarán has begun arriving on England's southwestern coast as that country, France and others in western Europe brace for what could be some of the highest wind speeds in the region for decades
November 01, 2023
A new study says that in a little more than five years the world will likely be unable to stay below the internationally agreed temperature limit for global warming if it continues to burn fossil fuels at its current rate
October 30, 2023
Drought
October 27, 2023
China’s Environment Minister Huang Runqiu says his country wants to strengthen cooperation with the U.S. to combat climate change
October 26, 2023
Hurricane Otis unexpectedly turned from mild to monster in record time, and scientists are struggling to figure out what happened
October 25, 2023
Major corporations in water-guzzling industries such as apparel, food and beverage, and tech want to be better stewards of the freshwater resources they use
October 25, 2023
An analysis of past UN conference presidencies suggests the 2023 summit’s agenda would do more to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.
October 24, 2023
Oil prices are up and markets are tense after the outbreak of war in Gaza
October 24, 2023
Birds nesting in agricultural settings were significantly less likely to successfully raise their young during extreme heat events than birds nesting in forests under the same weather conditions, a new study finds
October 19, 2023
The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier
October 19, 2023
Federal regulators have approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top West Coast officials
October 19, 2023
A study says Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic in just 24 hours
October 19, 2023
Greta Thunberg has been detained by British police alongside other climate activists who gathered outside a central London hotel to disrupt a major oil and gas industry conference
October 17, 2023
Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy and could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power lines aren't added or refurbished in the next few years
October 17, 2023
Fishing for krill is banned in U.S. waters due to concerns it could impact whales, seals and other animals that feed on the shrimp-like creatures
October 13, 2023
Smoke from forest fires covered large swaths of the Brazilian Amazon as the region endures one of the worst droughts on record, with many rivers at historically low levels
October 12, 2023
Saltwater intrusion is bad for human health, ecosystems, crops and infrastructure. Here’s how seawater can move inland, and why climate change is making this phenomenon more frequent and severe.
October 11, 2023
One of the two biggest proposed carbon dioxide pipeline projects in the Midwest is being put on hold so the company can reevaluate the route
October 10, 2023
California will soon require big businesses to report a wide range of greenhouse gas emissions
October 07, 2023
A new study finds that far more people are in harm's way as they move into high flood zones around the world
October 04, 2023
The world’s frogs, salamanders, newts and other amphibians remain in serious trouble
October 04, 2023
The Biden administration directed agencies to consider the cost of greenhouse gas emissions in their future purchasing and budget decisions. An example shows just how much is at stake.
October 03, 2023
The leader of the Columbia Journalism Review says he's leaving that job to work at an organization that encourages news outlets to devote more attention to covering climate change
October 03, 2023
The Emirati president-designate of the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks has called on oil and gas companies to be “central to the solution” to fighting climate change as the industry boosts its production to enjoy rising energy prices
October 02, 2023
Demand for critical minerals like nickel and cobalt is surging as climate change hastens a transition to renewable energy, boosting carbon emissions by miners and processors of such materials
October 02, 2023
A storm has delivered one of the wettest days in decades to the New York metropolitan area
September 29, 2023
A second powerful storm in less than a month has hammered parts of central Greece, sweeping away roads, smashing bridges and flooding thousands of homes
September 28, 2023
Restrictions on food exports are spilling over from rice and wheat to other essentials
September 28, 2023
Officials say the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is facing a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of the year
September 26, 2023
President Joe Biden has informed leaders from the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum that he has heard their warnings about the impact of climate change on their region
September 25, 2023
Nearly a day after being downgraded from a tropical storm, Ophelia is still threatening much of the Northeast with coastal flooding, life-threatening waves and heavy rain from Washington to New York City
September 24, 2023
Across New York City, civil society groups and large philanthropies meet on the sidelines of the United Nations while world leaders gather at the annual General Assembly
September 22, 2023
While most board games are designed for one person to win, climate change games are about saving the world.
September 20, 2023
There’s a rule of thumb that rainfall intensity increases by about 7% per degree Celsius as temperatures rise. But the increase is much higher in the mountains, scientists found.
September 19, 2023
More than 30 Atlantic countries on four continents have committed to bolster coordination on economic development, environmental protection, maritime issues and more
September 19, 2023
Experts hope the sputtering global public health system and efforts to curb global warming through collaboration can combine to create a better system for handling the problem
September 18, 2023
For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic
September 18, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he plans to sign into law a pair of climate-focused bills intended to force major corporations to be more transparent about greenhouse gas emissions and the financial risks stemming from global warming
September 17, 2023
Across the country, more indoor farms are launching or expanding even as others founder
September 17, 2023
Climate scientists say storms like Hurricane Lee could become more common in the future as the Gulf of Maine and other bodies of water rapidly warm
September 16, 2023
The United Auto Workers strike has exposed tensions between President Joe Biden's goals of fighting climate change and supporting unions
September 16, 2023
For a generation and more, Starbucks' throwaway cup has been a cornerstone of consumer society, first in the United States and then globally
September 15, 2023
When water warms, it holds less oxygen, and this can harm aquatic life and degrade water quality. A new study finds that climate change is driving oxygen loss in hundreds of US and European rivers.
September 14, 2023
New York could soon require people selling their homes to disclose whether their properties have been flooded or are at risk for future flooding
September 14, 2023
Hundreds of communities around the country will share more than $1 billion in federal money to help them plant and maintain trees under a federal program that is intended to reduce extreme heat, benefit health and improve access to nature
September 14, 2023
A hurricane scientist explains the conflict between 2023’s abnormally high ocean heat and the storm-disrupting wind shear accompanying El Niño.
August 28, 2023
What rapid intensification means for hurricanes
August 17, 2023
Residents encouraged to stay prepared as Debby moves inland, with flooding concern lasting for days. Brian Abel reports.
August 17, 2023
Biden refers to Trump supporters as 'garbage' in interview
Australia to ramp up missile production as Indo Pacific enters new missile age
Misleading text messages from ‘voter mobilization’ group create confusion in key swing states
Zelenskiy's top aide talks assistance, N.Korea with Blinken, Sullivan
Filipino artist connects with his "Lola" through collaborative watercolors
US dollar rally pauses before jobs data, Aussie droops on RBA outlook
BlackRock in talks to buy private credit firm HPS, Bloomberg News reports
Oil prices steady on shrinking U.S. crude inventories
Patriots, Revolution celebrate Halloween with children who have cancer
Yankee Stadium fan ejected for prying ball out of Mookie Betts' glove at World Series