Climate

UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more
Pressure keeps building on increasingly anxious world leaders to ratchet up efforts to fight climate change. There's more of it coming this week in one of the highest-profile forums of all — the United Nations.
California firefighters scramble to protect sequoia groves
Hot, dry weather on Sunday added to the challenges facing California firefighters who are battling to keep flames from driving further into a grove of ancient sequoias, where the base of the world’s largest tree has been wrapped in protective foil.
California wildfires make run toward giant sequoia groves
Two lightning-sparked wildfires in California merged and made a run to the edge of a grove of ancient sequoias, momentarily driving away firefighters as they try to protect the world's largest tree by wrapping its base in protective foil.
Watershed managers keep your basement from flooding — extreme weather swings are making it harder
Changing rainfall patterns and more extreme weather swings have made water managers’ jobs difficult. They moderate lake and creek levels to prevent flooding and pollution.
Congress is debating its biggest climate change bill ever. Here's what's at stake
Climate measures in a massive $3.5 trillion economic plan would transform the U.S. energy system. They are crucial for meeting President Joe Biden's ambitious climate goals, but face powerful opposition.
Report: Climate change could move 200 million people by 2050
The report published on Monday examines how long-term impacts of climate change such as water scarcity, decreasing crop productivity and rising sea levels could lead to millions of what the report describes as "climate migrants" by 2050.
The federal government sells flood-prone homes to often unsuspecting buyers, NPR finds
The Department of Housing and Urban Development disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families.
Remnants of hurricane bring blizzard conditions to Greenland
Just a month after rainfall was recorded for the first time ever at Greenland's highest point, the island is expecting up to four feet of snow from the remnants of Hurricane Larry — the rare tropical storm to stay intact so far north.