The landmark Montreal Protocol treaty, agreed to 35 years ago this month, has reduced the use of chemicals that not only thinned the ozone layer but also warmed the planet
Annual worker productivity losses from extreme heat amounted to $44 billion on average across 12 cities and are projected to rise to $84 billion by 2050
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has decried fossil-fuel companies receiving subsidies and investment “while household budgets shrink and our planet burns”
A new fossil-fuel tracker tallies global oil, gas, and coal reserves and projects to show how current production could drive the world above the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius
Vultures get a bad reputation for their carrion-scavenging ways, but their dietary habits prevent the release of greenhouse gases
Though conservatives have attacked California officials for asking electric vehicle owners to unplug during a heat wave, experts say more electric cars won’t topple the power grid
Typhoon Merbok heavily damaged Alaskan communities, many of which are Indigenous and rely on subsistence hunting that residents would normally be doing right now
A new analysis finds that extreme rainfall has intensified across Pakistan and could become even more severe as the planet heats up
A combination of rapid growth in battery storage and efforts to reduce power demand helped California avoid blackouts during an intense heat wave
A new technique can measure the thickness of Arctic sea ice even during the difficult summer months
Early-warning systems for heat waves, floods and other hazards can save lives and property across the planet
A new U.S. government website keeps a running tally of climate-juiced hazards and the number of residents facing these threats
Local governments in coastal states will lose billions of dollars in local tax revenue as rising seas claim developed land
The Jackson, Miss., disaster rings alarm bells about myriad problems lurking in water systems across the country
The Greenland ice sheet just experienced one of its strongest late-season melt events on record
Officials are urging California residents to curtail their energy use as the state faces this summer’s highest chance of outages during record-breaking temperatures
One third of the country is underwater following an intense heat wave and a long monsoon that has dumped a record amount of rain
Although recent spikes in temperature affect all of us, our urban critters have had to find their own ways to beat the heat. Sometimes they “sploot.”
Heat waves broke temperature records around the world this past summer, but it will still be one of the coolest summers of the next few decades
Climate change may be fueling back-to-back droughts and floods
