Changing Climate

Even if the world somehow manages to limit future warming to the strictest international temperature goal, four Earth-changing climate “tipping points” are still likely to be triggered with a lot more looming as the planet heats more after that, a new study said.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived before dawn Friday on a two-day visit aimed at expressing his solidarity with Pakistan’s government and people over climate-induced floods that have killed 1,391 people since mid-June.

Climate change is threatening small businesses across America, but these companies are rising up despite the challenges. In “Rebound,” we go behind the scenes with small businesses who are finding ways to pivot as more extreme storms, wildfires, rising sea levels and drought are changing the face of their communities. As the nation cont...

President Joe Biden on Friday brought back John Podesta, a behind-the-scenes veteran at getting things done on climate in past Democratic administrations, to put into place an ambitious U.S. climate program newly revived by $375 billion from Congress. Biden named Podesta as a senior adviser, charged with implementing the landmark clean-energy and c...

The worst drought in Europe in decades hasn’t only scorched farmland and hampered river traffic. It also has exposed a part of World War II history that had almost been forgotten. The hulks of dozens of German battleships have emerged from the mighty Danube River as its water levels dropped. A rusty hull, a broken mast where the swastika flag...

Regulators at the California Air Resources Board are set to approve a groundbreaking new proposal that would require all new cars sold in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035.

Record temperatures in Europe this summer have disrupted transportation, displaced thousands of people and resulted in hundreds of heat-related deaths.

Big name celebrities like the Kardashians are being called out over wasting water, including some with “problem pools,” as residents across the state of California are being urged to reduce their water use in response to a protracted drought.

Dire consequences could result if states, cities and farms across the American West cannot agree on how to cut the amount of water they draw from the Colorado River.

If you live in these states, your drinking water might soon be recycled. Here’s why experts say it’s valuable and not at all as gross as it seems.

President Joe Biden signed Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill into law on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the “final piece” of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party’s standing with voters less than three months before the midterm elections. The legislation includes the most substantial federa...

Next year, about 50 U.S. counties, which are home to more than 8 million residents, are expected to feel heat index temperatures above 125 degrees Fahrenheit.

America sizzled through some hot nights last month, enough to make history.