Stories by E&E News

All routes out of the landlocked country touch China or Russia, presenting diplomatic and physical challenges

An alarming study predicts an imminent collapse of a mega ocean current, but some experts say the evidence is insufficient

Women in the U.S., India and Nigeria are losing money, economic opportunities and their health as temperatures rise

A new USDA report finds forests could become a major emitter of carbon by 2070

Longer, more intense heat waves fueled by climate change could make it harder for planes to get off the ground

A Federal Emergency Management Agency analysis of New York City’s inadequate storm drainage system shows that many urban areas can’t handle more intense rainfall

We can run from hurricanes, hide behind seawalls and buy wildfire insurance. Here’s how we can try to live with heat waves

The president is close to fulfilling his promise to cut carbon pollution in half, but everything has to go right

A concept for reducing car traffic in European cities, called the “15-minute city,” is being falsely described by far-right opponents of the idea as a communist-style lockdown on personal freedoms

Even small deep-sea mining operations can have a significant effect on marine life, a new study has found, just as such mining operations are poised to begin with no industry rules in place

The Phoenix area has withered for a month under triple-digit temperatures that experts say will become more common with climate change

A new report says flooding and heat waves exacerbated by climate change could complicate U.S. nuclear launches

The world’s oceans are becoming greener with climate change, possibly because of changing amounts of plankton or other organic material in the water

Artificial intelligence taps historical weather data in forecasting, but the changing climate is complicating such efforts

Tens of thousands of people died during intense heat waves in Europe last summer, indicating that heat prevention plans aren’t protecting vulnerable populations

About eight in 10 people in the highest-risk fire areas of the U.S. live in Western states, notably California. But other states such as Florida face threats, too

A new supercomputer is helping climate scientists determine whether injecting human-made, sun-blocking aerosols into the stratosphere would also alter thunderstorms and rainfall

The Biden administration has approved a third big offshore wind project, this one near the Atlantic City gambling hub, expanding power capacity and jobs

Early warning about impending weather disasters is almost impossible across large, low-income regions of the world

Major climate models agree that the Inflation Reduction Act was a “huge step forward” in cutting U.S. emissions

Extreme rainfall is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere’s mountain ranges as global temperatures rise, raising the dangers of floods and landslides

Heat Wave Yago is baking Seville, Spain, the first city in the world to introduce a heat wave naming and ranking system

NOAA precipitation estimates that engineers and planners use to design bridges, roads and other infrastructure are decades out of date because of climate change

Solar power has been crucial to keeping the power on in Texas while the state experiences a major heat wave, even as some politicians have attempted to make it more difficult to connect renewable energy to the grid