Changing Climate

The heat island effect causes urbanized areas of DC, Maryland, and Virginia to feel hotter than rural areas. Take a look to the interactive map.

Miami neighborhoods that were previously undesirable for real estate developers are becoming popular due to lower climate risk, driving up prices.

Wildfires are continuing to scorch the West and authorities say one major blaze started with a burning car being pushed into a gully.

Fireflies once seemed plentiful and cool, easy to catch and watch, and they served as an introduction to the world of nature around us. Entomologists keep hearing anecdotal reports of fewer fireflies, leading to fears that the summer flash was fading.

Despite passing landmark climate legislation, President Biden struggled to maintain support from climate activists. However, national climate reporter Chase Cain shows us why Kamala Harris is quickly earning endorsements and support from voters motivated by climate change.

The European climate service Copernicus said Monday broke the previous day’s record of the world’s hottest day ever.

On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the second-hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday.

When it comes to climate, extreme weather and other so-called natural disasters, people generally look to America’s hurricane or earthquake prone coasts and say that’s where the danger is. But that’s not where highest concentration of federally declared disasters are. Try Kentucky or Vermont. An atlas of 713 federally declared disasters and a...

The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $4.3 billion in grants to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution.

“At the end of the day, her dog saved her life by barking to alert our officer and K-9 Kip,” the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said.

Hot, dry, and windy days are becoming more common because of human-caused climate change. Meteorologist Chase Cain explains how that’s allowing wildfires to burn more land much earlier in wildfire season.

Roughly three-fourths of people in Wisconsin support various climate policies. However, in advance of the Republican National Convention, the party’s draft platform makes no direct reference to climate change. National climate reporter Chase Cain explores if that might change during the RNC in Milwaukee.

Virginia’s largest utility says it will explore the possibility of using small nuclear reactors to meet growing electricity demands.