Mont Blanc, western Europe's highest peak, is experiencing dramatic changes due to climate warming
September 09, 2026Scientists and investors are restoring a 23-square-mile tract of peatland in North Carolina to help curb climate-warming emissions and restore native habitat
September 09, 2026France has recorded its hottest summer since measurements began over a century ago, according to the environment minister
September 03, 2026Super El Niño-fueled fires destroyed huge tracts of this country before. They’re happening again
September 09, 2026The flash floods two weeks ago swallowed settlements in Nepal, damaged hydropower projects and left thousands of homes in need of rebuilding
September 08, 2026This company says it can help cool the planet for $10 billion a year; scientists are raising red flags
September 08, 2026A ‘green’ building has to last for its intentionally small carbon footprint to pay off. That includes surviving flood, storm or wildfire damage.
September 01, 2026A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world.
August 29, 2026Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s intensifying coincides with global warming.
August 28, 2026The abrupt disappearance of a lake is one clear sign that the ice below is melting, and a clue to wider permafrost changes.
August 26, 2026Whether in Kenya or California, herders face dangerous temperatures and difficult conditions that put a strain on their health.
August 25, 2026The existing plans and commitments to reduce water use don’t add up to even half of the savings that are needed to keep the river flowing.
August 20, 2026Meteorologists sometimes warn of a winter storm that could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone
January 31, 2026The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight years
March 05, 2026The 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, 2026The Environmental Protection Agency has gutted rules that target waste from burning coal
April 10, 2026The first predictions for hurricane season are in and El Niño’s fingerprints are all over it
April 09, 2026These two iconic polar species have been driven to endangered status by a warming planet
April 09, 2026Nevada's largest utility company says it may not meet its 2030 clean energy goals due to the demands from data centers
April 09, 2026Exploratory 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, 2026A freakishly dry spring is literally changing the landscape in Colorado
April 06, 2026Hydrologists working high in the Rocky Mountains have measured what they say is Colorado’s driest winter of snow moisture on record
April 01, 2026Streamflows 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, 2026The 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.
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