Extreme Weather

Flooding in Chicago Is Getting Worse. Here’s Why.

Blamed in part on climate change, the threat of water ponding in your yard or your basement is growing, a Sun-Times/WBEZ investigation has found, putting health, homes at risk.

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Drought Turns Southeastern US Into ‘Tinderbox’ as Wildfires Rage

By Kiley Price

Trump’s Environmental Cuts Further Marginalize Vulnerable Communities

By Amy Green

Sewage Is Threatening Coral Reefs Around the World, Even in Marine Protected Areas

By Teresa Tomassoni

The Next El Niño Could Lock Earth Into a Hotter Climate

By Bob Berwyn

As Climate Disasters Create an Insurance Crisis, a California Bill Seeks to Make Fossil Fuel Companies Pay

By Steven Rodas

This Growing Climate Threat Could Be Increasing Your Blood Pressure

By Kiley Price

Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Bid to Block Hawaii Climate Lawsuit

By Marianne Lavelle

To Battle Climate Change, a Baltimore Church Turns to Nature

By Tierra Stone

‘Heat Batteries’ Leave Some City Blocks Scorched

By Lauren Dalban

Behind the Scenes: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Forests

By Kiley Price

How Forests Start to Fail, One Leaf at a Time

By Bob Berwyn

As Vermont Defends Its Law to Make Fossil Fuel Firms Pay for Climate Adaptation, the Bill Is Already Coming Due

By Dana Drugmand, Nathaniel Eisen

Florida Power & Light Profit Margins Top Other Utilities’ Nationwide, Report Says

By Amy Green

Water-Use Restrictions Follow Snow Drought and Heat Wave in the Western U.S.

By Kiley Price

FEMA Skips National Hurricane Conference Amid DHS Shutdown

By Amy Green

This Year’s US Wildfires Have Already Set Records That Could Foreshadow a Smoky, Fiery Summer

By Jake Bolster

As Storms Pummel Hawaii, the Western U.S. Continues to Bake Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave

By Kiley Price

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

By Kiley Bense, Keerti Gopal