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Extreme Weather

Climate-Fueled Wildfires and Dust Storms Drove Up Air Pollution Around the World Last Year

A new report shows air pollution threatens the majority of the world’s population, while information gaps increase the risks.

By Kiley Bense, Keerti Gopal

A thick haze blankets New York City as smoke from Canadian wildfires impacts air quality in the region on Aug. 5, 2025. Credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images
A dengue fever patient walks inside the Sergio Bernales National Hospital in the outskirts of Lima, Peru, on April 17, 2024. Credit: Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP via Getty Images

A New Study Links a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

By Liza Gross

A worker picks leaves from the conveyor belt of a harvester during grape harvest on a vineyard in Lodi, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2025. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

A New Wine Label Promotes Workers’ Rights

By Liza Gross

Are There Climate Fingerprints in Tornado Activity?

By Kiley Price

People spend time on Crissy Field Beach during warm weather in San Francisco on March 11. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave Descends on Already Parched Western U.S.

By Kiley Price

A community memorial in Lahaina, Hawaii, honors those lost in the devastation of the 2023 Maui wildfires. Credit: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Maui’s Mental Health Crisis Goes Far Beyond the Wildfire Burn Zone 

By Keerti Gopal

Following Months of Drought, Floods in Kenya Kill More Than 40 People

By Kiley Price

People take cover as a thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy hail, sweeps through Paris on May 3, 2025. Credit: Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A Warmer Climate Means Bigger Hail

By Bob Berwyn

A Georgia Power crew works to remove trees from transmission lines in the wake of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Ga. Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images

Hurricane Helene Is Headed for Georgians’ Electric Bills

By Ryan Krugman

A person shovels out their car from a snow-covered street on Monday in Hoboken, N.J. Credit: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

How Snowstorms Can Trigger More Dangerous Flooding in New Jersey

By Rambo Talabong

Blake Muir and his niece, Jennifer Sullivan, stand near a tank battery on his land in Gonzales County. Data shows it could come under nearly 15 feet of water in a 500-year flood. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

With Waters Rising, Pennsylvania’s Historical Treasures Must ‘Adapt or Collapse’

By Kiley Bense

In Deer Park, Texas, flaring at plants near the Houston Ship Channel in below freezing temperatures on Monday, Jan. 26. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

Kristi Noem is standing near screens with FEMA's name and logo

Disaster Survivors Want Kristi Noem Out of FEMA 

By Arcelia Martin

The aerial view shows a modest house and the American flag out front partially underwater.

Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill

By Keerti Gopal

As the Winter Olympics Stares Down a Warming Future, Organizers Must Adapt, Scientists Say

By Kiley Price

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to a briefing as he prepares for a winter storm at the State Operations Center in Austin. Credit: Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Texas’ Grid Holds Up During Winter Weather

By Arcelia Martin

Utility lines with ice stretch over a snowy scene with a plowed road.

A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Keerti Gopal, Lee Hedgepeth, Lisa Sorg

Oil refineries off of the Houston Ship Channel in Houston, Texas. According to the United Nations, "fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for around 68 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per cent of all carbon dioxide emissions." Credit: Ken Cedeno/Corbis via Getty Images

Post-COP 30 Modeling Shows World Is Far Off Track for Climate Goals

By Ryan Krugman

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