The Latest Breaking News on Climate

Except for California, most Western states are experiencing the worst snow drought in decades not because of dry conditions but really warm temperatures that change snow to rain

Under the soils of the Kimberley lies one of the world’s last undeveloped large-scale reservoirs of onshore gas, according to the gas company hoping to extract it.

If you ask people in dry regions what they value most, water usually comes first. It is basic and expensive at the same time. Yet scarcity is no longer limited to deserts. Population growth, old pipes and uneven access are reshaping how water is experienced in cities across the world.…

Cattle auctions aren’t often all-night affairs. But in Texas Lake Country in June 2022, ranchers facing dwindling water supplies and dried out pastures amid a worsening drought sold off more than 4,000 animals in an auction that lasted nearly 24 hours – about 200 cows an hour.

Residents in an isolated agricultural hub are bracing for the arrival of a tropical cyclone that could flatten a banana crop which supplies an entire state.

New York City experienced temperatures colder than parts of Antarctica on Sunday, with wind chills reaching 14 degrees below zero. This extreme cold, driven by Arctic air, prompted rare warnings for millions. The prolonged deep freeze marks the most extreme in at least a decade for many Northeast locations.

Conditions have led to a Death Cap bloom.

Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring rates

Our planet is more unpredictable and more fascinating than most of us imagine. Most countries have one dominant climate, which is maybe a hot desert or a wet rainforest. Australia breaks that rule completely. Travel a few hundred kilometres, and you could step from sun-baked dunes straight into dense, dripping…

Looking for a cozy cabin near the slopes? These Colorado counties combine reasonable house prices with the state's lowest property tax bills.

South Africa has committed to reaching phasing out human-caused carbon pollution by 2050. To get there, it needs to push as much renewable energy as possible into the national grid.