Climate change

The Eaton and Palisades fires displaced about 150,000 residents, and many remain in rentals and hotel rooms nearly two months later.

The U.S. lobster industry’s catch keeps sliding as fishermen contend with the northward migration of the valuable crustaceans.

For 47 million American households, cooking means a gas stove. Gas stoves generate gases that aren’t good for people’s health and the gas itself contributes to climate change. But switching to electric cooking usually requires a licensed electrician to pull in 240-volt wiring, which can make switching from gas to electric expensive. Now a new stove built by a startup...

The waters off New England had another warm year but didn’t heat up as fast as earlier this decade, bucking a trend of higher warming worldwide, said scientists who study the Atlantic Ocean near Maine.

Mayor Michelle Wu says Boston has moved quickly to make sure current federal funding that helps keep the city prepared for weather emergencies is secure after President Donald Trump took office

With the weather becoming more unpredictable in recent years, Boston want to make sure it is prepared for whatever might come, Mayor Michelle Wu says.

Climate impacts can increase the prevalence of diseases in coffee crops, reducing overall yields for farmers. Studies have shown that the arabica bean is particularly vulnerable to climate change.

The price of raw cocoa, chocolate’s key ingredient, has surged by 200% over the past year, a hike fueled by climate change.

With two executive orders, President Donald Trump changed the trajectory of two of the fastest-growing climate-friendly technologies in the U.S.: electric vehicles and wind power. 

Copernicus says the world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly U.S. and predictions of a slightly less hot year.

The waters of Cape Cod Bay are coming for the big brown house perched on the edge of a sandy bluff high above the beach. It’s just a matter of when. Erosion has marched right up to the concrete footings of the multimillion-dollar home where it overlooks the bay. Massive sliding doors that used to open onto a wide...

A recent study linked warming temperatures from climate change to increases in rat populations in major cities.

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A team of Canadian scientists at CarbonRun discovered two environmental wins with one stone — limestone. Accelerating a natural process through “enhanced rock weathering” helps restore river ecosystems while also offsetting pollution from oil and gas. Climate reporter Chase Cain traveled to Nova Scotia to see how the first-of-its-kind process works.

The advocacy group Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists makes an annual announcement that rates how close humanity is to collapse.

Economic losses from hurricanes and other natural disasters soared in the U.S. last year and were above average globally, reflecting another year of costly severe storms, floods and droughts. Damage caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton helped push total economic losses from natural disasters in the U.S. to $217.8 billion last year, an 85.3% increase from 2023, according to insurance...

At least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather, the United Nations Children’s Fund said in a new report Friday.

Less than a year since it launched, Extreme Weather Survivors keeps gaining new members as the U.S. faces more frequent disasters. The network provides support for survivors, but it also delivers unified support for climate action. National climate reporter Chase Cain introduces us to a couple who lost their home in the Eaton Fire.

“2024 was the hottest year on record. We have passed the 1.5 degree threshold that was supposed to keep us safe,” explained the British environmental activist group, Just Stop Oil.

Many factors come together to cause massive, devastating fires. Two of those factors have especially clear links to climate change.

Although wildfires occur naturally, climate change amplifies their intensity and how quickly they can spread. Meteorologist Chase Cain explains two of the strongest links between climate change and the wildfire emergency in Southern California.