Impacts
Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.
Exclusive: Beijing, Delhi, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro among worst affected, with demand close to exceeding supply

Australia’s Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program is racing to keep the Great Barrier Reef alive by collecting coral spawn at sea and breeding millions of baby corals in high-tech tanks for reseeding.

The internet is responsible for 3.7 per cent of global carbon emissions, outpacing air travel. If the internet were a country, it would be the fourth-largest polluter in the world.

Climate change, combined with other natural and human-made stressors, is intensifying existing health threats and creating new ones, with impacts varying by age, income, and location.

More than a year after the storm’s devastation, clean-energy microgrids are springing up in remote areas thanks to a program that could become a national model.

Heat, drought, and high winds exacerbated deadly blazes in Chile this weekend and stoked fires that continue to smolder in Argentina.
The real estate website scrubbed the data under pressure from California’s real estate brokers and agents who were concerned about its impact on home prices. Neil Matouka thinks prospective buyers have a right to know.
Low clouds have lifted long enough for helicopters to ferry scientists and their gear to a fast-melting glacier on the edge of Antarctica.
As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladesh’s cleanup crews are taking public health into their own hands.
Researchers say this is not merely a temporary crisis, but a permanent failure that requires rethinking the world’s approach to water scarcity.

Roughly half the world’s arabica coffee-growing regions will become unsuitable for cultivation of the crop by 2050 due to the effects of climate change.

A new bill proposes establishing a surcharge to help cover the mounting costs of Alaska disasters like landslides and floods.

Many home insurance policies don’t cover the full cost of rebuilding after a disaster, a problem that’s set to grow along with the impacts of climate change.

Testing of homes in communities surrounding the Eaton and Palisades fires has found dangerous levels of lead and asbestos — even after remediation.
Unusual dryness or drought covers more than two-thirds of the U.S., from the Pacific Northwest to the East Coast. In the West, the situation is particularly concerning.

The Uru Chipaya, one of South America’s most ancient civilizations, are battling drought, salinity and an exodus of their people as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on their land.

Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica's vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.
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