Sarah Kaplan

Human-caused warming has turned the waters of the Gulf into an incubator for huge, wet, rapidly strengthening hurricanes.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's annual climate assessment shows that 2020 rivaled the hottest years in history.

Climate change will bring more deadly waves of water to the United States. Here’s what the country needs to do to be prepared.

A U.N. science group says humans have caused “unprecedented” global warming and that only humans can prevent it from worsening.

Earth is on a dangerous trajectory, the latest U.N. climate report says, but humanity still has time to change course.

"This is a system we don't want to mess with," one scientist said.

In a summer of deadly heat, passive cooling can keep people safe and curb carbon emissions. Here are the simple steps you can take.

Yet another scorching summer has brought more unmistakable reminders that climate change is intensifying and altering everyday life. What will it take for leaders to finally act?

Oregon officials say "social resilience" is needed to cope with climate change and protect those most vulnerable from extreme temperatures.

With another heat wave expected, here are tips for how to stay cool in your home if you don’t have air conditioning, and when to know that it isn’t safe anymore.