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Worsening heat waves in agricultural areas of the U.S. are affecting bird reproduction and nestling survival

Temperatures are skyrocketing. Extinctions are accelerating. Groundwater is being depleted. Humanity can limit damage, but it will take collective global action

It’s possible for fossil-fuel demand to peak before the end of the decade, but emissions would still remain high enough to increase the global average temperature by more than two degrees Celsius, according to the World Energy Outlook

As the climate warms, Arctic cyclones are lasting longer and becoming stronger, leading to more sea ice loss

Methane traps more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, but pulling it from the air could prove to be a more complex task than removing CO₂

A facility off the coast of Oregon is being constructed to test devices to harness wave power that resemble everything from buoys to carpets

The Western U.S. faces a future of fighting multiple large wildfires at once—a situation that is more difficult than handling a single blaze, even if the total acreage is similar

More than half of Miami-Dade County residents will face pressure to move as rising seas push residents inland to reach higher ground, a new study finds

Pope Francis’s new encyclical says irresponsible lifestyles are the biggest impediment to reducing carbon emissions

First-of-its-kind FEMA funding aims to update archaic building codes that leave millions of people exposed to climate-fueled hurricanes, floods and other extreme weather

Raging floods, intensifying drought and rising seas could affect saltwater intrusion

Supreme Court justices declined to decide whether the Biden administration is placing too high a value on the cost to society of spewing carbon and other planet-warming gases

With the expansion of wind power—and the growth of turbines—comes challenges in areas that are unaccustomed to whirring blades

The Philippines, India and China have seen the greatest total number of children displaced by disasters—some 23 million—in recent years

More states are requiring homeowners to disclose a property’s flood risk and history when they sell it. But 18 states, including hurricane-prone Florida, have no flood disclosure requirements

But dengue in wealthy countries could divert medication away from poorer nations that may need it more

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will resume funding long-term rebuilding projects after withholding funds since August

About one in five U.S. counties are both socially vulnerable and highly exposed to natural disasters, which could “compound existing inequities,” the Department of the Treasury says in a new report

EPA rules on clean cars, power plants and methane could face delays if there is a federal government shutdown because of budget turmoil in Congress

Puerto Rico will be hit hardest by spending restrictions set by FEMA as disaster funding runs short. More than $2 billion is expected to be withheld from the island, which is still reeling from past hurricanes

Governments must “separate climate from geopolitics” and work together to triple renewables and deeply cut planet-warming emissions, says International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol

Wind turbines threaten several bat species, but the Biden administration is funding research to reduce casualties

Calculations determining the climate damage of greenhouse gas emissions—called the social cost of carbon—will be considered in federal agencies’ budgets, permitting decisions and, eventually, government purchases

This summer’s floods, hurricanes and wildfires have prevented blood collection at a time when U.S. hospitals are already low on supply