Changing Climate

Climate change is making “fire weather days” more common across the U.S. Meteorologist Chase Cain visited NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center to see how they’re adapting to the threat of wildfires in all 50 states.

In an exclusive new poll of battleground states, many young voters say candidates must prioritize climate action to earn their vote. National climate reporter Chase Cain digs into the numbers from the Environmental Voter Project and what it could mean in November.

Virtually all of the damage from Debby will be from flooding rains, and that’s one of the signatures of how climate change is impacting tropical storms and hurricanes. Meteorologist Chase Cain explains how record hot oceans and a warmer atmosphere work together to fuel more flooding.

Tropical Storm Debby has brought prolonged downpours to the southeastern United States and could hover over the Atlantic Ocean for the next few days, then boomerang back onto the mainland.

The Amazon is entering its driest period, from August to September. Many rivers are at historic lows even earlier than last year.

The heat island effect causes urbanized areas of DC, Maryland, and Virginia to feel hotter than rural areas. Take a look to the interactive map.

Miami neighborhoods that were previously undesirable for real estate developers are becoming popular due to lower climate risk, driving up prices.

Wildfires are continuing to scorch the West and authorities say one major blaze started with a burning car being pushed into a gully.

Fireflies once seemed plentiful and cool, easy to catch and watch, and they served as an introduction to the world of nature around us. Entomologists keep hearing anecdotal reports of fewer fireflies, leading to fears that the summer flash was fading.

Despite passing landmark climate legislation, President Biden struggled to maintain support from climate activists. However, national climate reporter Chase Cain shows us why Kamala Harris is quickly earning endorsements and support from voters motivated by climate change.

The European climate service Copernicus said Monday broke the previous day’s record of the world’s hottest day ever.

On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the second-hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday.

When it comes to climate, extreme weather and other so-called natural disasters, people generally look to America’s hurricane or earthquake prone coasts and say that’s where the danger is. But that’s not where highest concentration of federally declared disasters are. Try Kentucky or Vermont. An atlas of 713 federally declared disasters and a...