Roughly 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential public health threat to millions of Americans.
Impacts
Western communities face a dangerously dry summer as record heat melts snow, threatening drinking water and increasing wildfire risk.
Human-caused climate change has fueled extreme weather events in West Africa, causing cocoa production to plummet.
Unseasonably warm temperatures and record-low snowfall across the U.S. West are forcing ski resorts to close early, bulldoze snow onto runs, and contend with dwindling visitors.
Analyzing lessons learned over decades of fighting back the ocean is critical as the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel wraps up its ongoing study of the effects of permanent beach erosion control structures such as seawalls and jetties.
Scientists say cleaner air from reduced ozone pollution may be key to avoiding a global hunger spike.
Military strikes, drought, and a legacy of overpumping are driving Iran’s fragile food and water system to the brink.
Fur seal die-offs in the Pribilof Islands, attributed to algal toxins, are part of a trend affecting people who depend on the Bering Sea.
Farmers in two very different parts of the world are experiencing similar impacts from climate change, including extreme weather and emerging livestock diseases.
Recycling the copper and steel of old oil rigs into wind and solar infrastructure could cut billions of tons of emissions — and save $11 trillion.
A long-running experiment in Colorado provides an ‘alarming’ view of how rapidly unchecked global heating could transform fragile ecosystems.
Winters in Minnesota are warming faster than any other season. That’s jeopardizing seasonal traditions in the state — and mental health experts say that takes a toll on mental health.
Scientists in Brazil and Peru may have found a way to beat mosquitoes at their own game. The U.S. may soon need to do the same.
After surviving a California wildfire, one family saw premiums quadruple — as states consider laws to force fossil fuel companies to pay for the soaring costs of climate catastrophes they helped create.
The decision represents a setback to other local governments around the U.S. that have sued oil companies to recoup the mounting costs of climate change.
The State of the Global Climate 2025 report confirms that 2015 to 2025 were the hottest 11 years on record as ocean heat hit a new high.
Across the U.S. and around the world, coastal cities are grappling with rising seas and worsening floods.
In the age of extinction, we need a new model for these landscapes and the communities that rely on them.
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