Impacts

Lawmakers are demanding the National Science Foundation stop dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $386 million ocean monitoring network being wound down under the Trump administration.

Almost every child, including those from high-income countries, is now exposed to at least one hazard.

A prolonged drought means the nation’s largest reservoirs are dwindling, and litigation over access to water could lie ahead.
Residents say saving the island means preserving a unique aspect of Virginia history and culture while also protecting critical wildlife habitats that surround it.

Beaches, ports, and even the railway line that runs through the Cinque Terre National Park are at risk.

Most Democrats and moderate Republicans agree that global warming is increasing the cost of living, a new survey shows.
If protected, researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs across the Central Pacific.
Global warming trends mean more frequent, intense heat waves. Cities around the world are working to mitigate extreme heat and adapt urban life to climate change.
The Idaho Surface Water Coalition is reducing water deliveries and usage due to a historically low snowpack, a depleted aquifer and drought.
Daniel Swain has a knack for breaking down the complexities of climate and weather into precise but accessible ideas.
A new Stanford University study finds that annual prescribed burning could substantially reduce smoke pollution during California’s worst wildfire years.
The West's Missing Snowpack has teed up a dangerous summer drought.

While the US is shutting the doors to most refugees, those already in the country fear for their future in a rapidly heating world.

A 20-year record reveals an estuary tipping toward a saltier, more acidic state. These conditions threaten its hammerhead shark nursery and the aquifer that supplies Miami’s drinking water.

Analysis pinpoints areas most vulnerable to hotter, drier weather causing ground to shrink and drag foundations down.

Experts warn that official heatwave death figures are grossly underestimated.
Veterinary medicine student Mikayla Astroff earned a Starfish Canada 2026 Climate 75 Fellowship for her work helping youth understand the impacts of climate change on our ecosystems.

Throughout May, warm temperatures across Montana led to a rapid melt-off of the state’s snowpack, which sits “largely below 50% of median,” as of June 1.

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