Changing Climate

May marked the 12th month in a row of record global temperatures. The unprecedented milestone follows what was also a record-breaking year for the number of heat-related deaths in the U.S. Meteorologist Chase Cain has a new analysis from Climate Central, identifying where climate change is making heat even more extreme for Americans.

The Gunas of Gardi Sugdub are the first of 63 communities along Panama’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts that government officials and scientists expect to be forced to relocate by rising sea levels in the coming decades.

A new report from scientists at Climate Central, the Red Cross, and World Weather Attribution found that climate change added nearly a month’s worth of extremely hot days over the last year. Florida, Arizona, and Hawaii felt some of the biggest increases in heat waves driven by climate change domestically. National climate reporter Chase Cain expla...

For only the third time in history, we could run out of names for Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes. NOAA is predicting more named storms and hurricanes than ever before in their May outlook. Record-breaking ocean temperatures are a major factor driving this outlook, so meteorologist Chase Cain digs in to how climate change could supercharge ...

The world’s oceans have gone “crazy haywire,” according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official, with record-high temperatures imperiling coral reefs.

A new study found that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years.

Federal energy regulators have approved a rule to expand the amount of renewable energy such as wind and solar power that is transmitted to the electric grid.

The 2024 Olympics in Paris will attempt to become the first carbon-neutral Games in history.

The U.S. has more tornadoes than anywhere else on Earth with more than 1,000 every year. As our planet gets hotter, it’s making supercell storms more powerful and shifting the location of Tornado Alley. National climate reporter and meteorologist Chase Cain explains the connection between climate change and tornadoes.

The global theme for Earth Day on Monday is planet vs. plastic. The environmental movement is calling for “the end of plastics for the sake of human and planetary health.”

Ahead of Earth Day, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brent Suter broke down why the environment is everything to him and how he tries to spark conversation about climate change.

Extreme ocean heat is causing the “4th global coral bleaching event” across the globe, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says.

The cement industry is one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and is responsible for some 8% of global emissions each year. But demand for cement, an ingredient for concrete, keeps growing as the world constructs more buildings.