Climate change has thawed permafrost and increased rainfall in the Far North, producing sulfuric acid that is turning rivers and lakes yellow or rusty orange. Scientists are scrambling to parse the impacts on wildlife, fish, and the drinking water of Indigenous communities.
After Hurricane Helene washed away or buried vital topsoil across the Southeast, farmers are facing years-long efforts to restore the foundation of their livelihoods.
It’s about to get hotter in our nation’s cities. Just how hot it gets depends not only on the weather, but also on infrastructure, working conditions, and ZIP codes.
With global warming making people increasingly dependent on air conditioning, power failures from hurricanes followed by heat waves are creating increasingly hazardous risks to health.
As climate change intensifies, people around the world are learning firsthand how dangerous high temperatures can be, and prolonged heat becomes even more dangerous, and deadly, when paired with high humidity.
The program was designed to increase inspections at worksites with a high risk for extreme heat. But the Trump administration has eliminated inspection metrics.
Two factors are driving the decline of the Great Salt Lake: water use and less precipitation due to climate change. Saving the lake may require 260 billion gallons of water.
After a season-defying March heat wave pushed things into overdrive, it’s an open question — and a crucial one — how soon more generous moisture might arrive.
Scientists have uncovered a "blind spot" in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation. Across much of the world, sea levels are higher than previously assumed and land is sinking faster.
