Scientists find sea levels are already much higher than we thought. That could spell trouble for the future

Global coastal sea levels are on average 1 foot higher than previously assumed, a new report finds, raising alarms the world ...

19 years ago, the Supreme Court told EPA it could regulate climate pollution. Trump is trying to undo that

Last week, the Trump administration delivered a serious blow to US climate policy by repealing the longstanding scientific finding that greenhouse gas pollution poses a danger to humans. Getting to ...

Global warming forced scientists to change the way they look at El Niño

The Pacific Ocean is warming so quickly that scientists had to find a new method for detecting and predicting El Niño and La Niña events.

Northeast travel bans ease after blizzard slams region with over 2 feet of snow

Multiple cities are working to clear record-breaking amounts of snow after a bomb cyclone pounded the Northeast with powerful winds and extreme snowfall. “This kind of wet, heavy and sudden emergency ...

Plains megafire grows to nearly twice the size of Chicago with more dangerous weather to come

Dangerous, critical fire weather conditions persist Wednesday after more than a dozen new wildfires torched tens of thousands of acres and forced evacuations in the Plains amid bone-dry conditions and ...