Climate

Grist designed a model metropolis for an era of high temperatures, using the coolest technology available.

Climate change is reducing the times of year and overall number of days when firefighters can safely implement prescribed fires.

China dominates production of the crucial metals, and wind companies are scouring the globe for more sources.

California is the world’s fifth-largest economy. Laws tested there often spread across the U.S. and around the world.

An atmospheric scientist explains how El Niño works, this year’s oddities and why this phenomenon doesn’t last long.

“The increasing frequency of extreme climate events necessitates more frequent evaluation and retrofit of structures.”…

An initiative in Florida, Louisiana, and Arizona enlists clinicians to ensure resources go to the right places during heat waves.

Climate change is an urgent issue, affecting every corner of the world and requiring collective efforts and solutions. However so far, many standard western practices used to fight climate change…

Alaska has at least 120 glacier-dammed lakes, and almost all have drained at least once since 1985, a new study shows. Small ones have been producing larger floods in recent years.

“We invest in flood zones more than safe zones,” says the author of a report that finds construction in such areas has jumped 122 percent.

The Biden administration directed agencies to consider the cost of greenhouse gas emissions in their future purchasing and budget decisions. An example shows just how much is at stake.

Climate change is an issue that affects everyone on the planet but women and girls are the ones suffering its effects the most. Why? Because women and girls have less access to…