Idalia is expected to rapidly intensify in the record-warm Gulf of Mexico. Here's what that means
The forecast for Idalia is alarming: a so-called rapid intensification as it tracks through the Gulf of Mexico, tapping into some of the warmest waters on the planet ahead of making landfall in Florida this week.
2023-08-29 03:47
FEMA announces $3 billion for climate resiliency as time runs low for Congress to replenish its disaster fund
In a record-breaking year of disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is announcing nearly $3 billion Monday for communities to build resiliency against climate change-fueled extreme weather.
2023-08-29 00:28
Children have right to clean environment - report
The UN says countries must act urgently to protect children from the harmful effects of climate change.
2023-08-28 19:25
China’s summer of climate destruction
China sees both extreme heat and devastating floods, including in areas where flooding was unheard of.
2023-08-28 07:54
Tropical system could threaten the Gulf Coast and Florida this week
An area of showers and thunderstorms in the Caribbean Sea could develop into a tropical system as soon as Sunday, posing a risk to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico coast early next week.
2023-08-27 22:28
A losing battle to save the lungs of Athens as wildfires grip Greece
In Agia Paraskevi, one of the villages dotted around Mount Panitha, just 15 miles north of Greece's capital, Athens, we found a familiar sight: a woman standing in front of a burned house, its black, skeletal roof beams reaching imploringly into the smoldering sky as if begging for mercy. Tears streamed down her face as she contemplated what she lost. She cried softly in almost resigned despair. Greece is once again in the grip of wildfires, and this year they are worse than ever.
2023-08-27 12:58
The indiscriminate devastation of Canada's raging wildfires
Fires in western Canada have burned homes and ripped up trees, laying them down "like toothpicks".
2023-08-27 09:15
Tropical system likely in coming days that could threaten the Gulf Coast and Florida
An area of showers and thunderstorms in the Caribbean Sea could develop into a tropical system as soon as Sunday, posing a risk to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico coast early next week.
2023-08-26 22:20
As young conservatives try to get climate on the agenda in 2024, denial takes the spotlight instead
During this week's Republican primary debate on Fox News, a young voter notably asked about the climate crisis: How would these presidential candidates assuage concerns that the Republican Party "doesn't care" about the issue?
2023-08-26 20:26
Republican debate: What they said (and didn't say) about climate
Asked in the first primary debate about climate change, only one candidate said it was real.
2023-08-24 19:17
Extreme heat kills nearly 2 dozen cattle, forces evacuations from a nursing home and shuts down an ice cream parlor
Nearly two dozen cattle died in Nebraska, more than 100 Missouri nursing home residents were evacuated and an ice cream shop in Iowa was forced to close as record-shattering heat engulfs more than 20 states.
2023-08-24 05:51
Harold: Second US tropical storm in a week drenches Texas
Harold dumps up to 7in of rain in some parts of the state, as California cleans up after Hilary.
2023-08-23 09:56