climate change

The U.S. West Coast produces over 90% of America’s wine, but it’s also prone to wildfires — a combustible combination that spelled disaster in 2020 for the wine industry and one that scientists are scrambling to neutralize.

A majority of Americans support the president declaring a national emergency to more effectively address the climate crisis. So why hasn’t President Biden used those executive powers? National Climate Reporter Chase Cain explores the debate around declaring a climate emergency.

Researchers at Columbia University studied data from alcohol-related and substance-related hospital visits in New York State over 20 years.

Sea ice that packs the ocean around Antarctica hit record low levels this winter, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said on Monday, adding to scientists’ fears that the impact of climate change at the southern pole is ramping up.

What can you expect from El Niño this winter? Meteorologist Chase Cain breaks down the latest findings from NOAA.

Researchers have made a dire prediction on the future of South Florida as climate change is rapidly taking over.

Researchers have made a dire prediction on the future of South Florida as climate change is rapidly taking over.

President Joe Biden announced the formation of the American Climate Corps through an executive order, creating at least 20,000 jobs aimed at fighting climate change. The initiative was not passed by Congress, but a national poll shows 83% of Americans support it. National Climate Reporter Chase Cain shows us what the new climate workers will do and how the program...

More Americans believe they’ve personally felt the impact of climate change because of recent extreme weather, including a summer that brought dangerous heat for much of the United States.

Major insurers are withdrawing from California and Florida, while companies there and elsewhere are scaling back to guard against the escalating costs of global warming, but the problem is just beginning, according to a new report out on Wednesday.

An estimated 39 million homes and businesses in the United States could soon face skyrocketing insurance premiums — if they can even find insurance coverage at all. That’s according to a new report from First Street Foundation, which warns that this “insurance bubble” could lead to a costly, widespread housing crisis coast-to-coast.

A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem only expected to worsen because insurers and lawmakers have underestimated the impact of climate change, a new report says.

Tens of thousands of people in New York City have kicked off a week of demonstrations seeking to end the use of coal, oil and natural gas blamed for climate change.

The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden.

Officers relocated a bull moose that had wandered into downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, in one of the southernmost sightings of a moose in the state.

Summer 2023 broke heat records across the globe but climate experts say it could be the coolest summer we experience for the rest of our lives.

Experts say that Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology. It left meteorologists astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane.

Meteorologist Ariel Rodriguez has more about the efforts being made to address this problem in one of the main tributaries of Biscayne Bay, along with emerging solutions considered for the future.

“We can still avoid the worst of climate chaos – and we don’t have a moment to lose,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

More than 600 firefighters, including reinforcements from several European countries, are tackling the remnants of three major wildfires in Greece.