U.S. Midwest Freezes, Australia Burns: This Is the Age of Weather Extremes
Numbing cold hit parts of the United States as wildfires raged in Australia’s record-breaking heat. Here's the climate change connection.
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CreditJose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune, via Associated Press Why Is the Cold Weather So Extreme if the Earth Is Warming?
Even on a day when it is colder than average where you live, the world as a whole is frequently warmer than average. You can even see it for yourself.
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CreditJennifer Idol/Stocktrek Images, via Science Source Scientists Single Out a Suspect in Starfish Carnage: Warming Oceans
A new study sheds light on a huge die-off of starfish along the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Alaska.
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CreditGiulia Marchi for The New York Times China’s Coal Plants Haven’t Cut Methane Emissions as Required, Study Finds
China in 2010 promised to curb methane emissions. In the first five years, it failed to keep its promise, according to new research based on satellite data.
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Credit Glaciers Are Retreating. Millions Rely on Their Water.
Glaciers are crucial sources of water for people and crops in Central Asia. But global warming is causing glaciers there and around the world to shrink every year.
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Credit 78 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump
This is the full list of environmental policies the Trump administration has targeted, often in an effort to ease burdens on the fossil fuel industry.
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CreditJosh Haner/The New York Times As Seas Warm, Galápagos Islands Face a Giant Evolutionary Test
Climate change is ravaging the natural laboratory that inspired Darwin. The creatures here are on the brink of crisis.
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Credit How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?
See how days at or above 90 degrees Fahrenheit have changed in your lifetime and how much hotter it could get.
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CreditJon Han Climate Change Is Complex. We’ve Got Answers to Your Questions.
We know. Global warming is daunting. So here’s a place to start: 17 often-asked questions with some straightforward answers.
