At UN climate talks in Brazil, the only sign of the United States is an empty chair

A litany of recent weather disasters rang long Monday at the opening of U.N. climate negotiations: Hurricane Melissa in ...

Climate change is driving up insurance costs for Iowa homes, farms, scientists say

Nearly 180 Iowa university experts point to climate change as the cause of extreme weather events boosting insurance premiums ...

Climate and environment updates: Paris Agreement makes a change, just not fast enough

Ten years after nearly every nation on the planet signed the historic Paris Agreement, a new United Nations report warns that ...

Climate change is making flights bumpier. Here’s how one airline is using AI to predict turbulence

Given that experts say climate change is making the skies bumpier, airlines are looking for ways to ensure passengers’ safety ...

Explainer: Why climate-change 'loss and damage' will be a hot topic at COP27

As large parts of the planet struggle with climate-inflicted woes, from floods in Pakistan to forest fires in the United ...

What the Climate Establishment Missed About the Gates Memo

Some of Gates’s critics, including McKibben, also pointed to Hurricane Melissa, which slammed into Jamaica right when the ...

Gov. Newsom says Trump climate-fighting absence is ‘doubling down on stupid’

Newsom’s presence as governor of the most populous U.S. state serves to draw a clear contrast with Trump’s absence. He said ...

At Brazilian climate summit, Newsom positions California as a stand-in for the U.S.

As the United States retreats from its climate commitments under President Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom is stepping onto the ...

What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century

What will our “full-fledged disasters” be in three decades, as the planet continues to warm? The year 2024 was the hottest on record. Yet 2025 has been perhaps the single most devastating year in the ...