Global heating has moved from a distant threat to a defining feature of daily life, with temperature records and disaster ...

Lidar data allows the identification of more subtle consequences of a disaster, including fault line shifts, volcanic eruptions, and mudslides. The wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County in ...

Climate change-driven disaster risks are having a measurable impact on property insurance rates and home values, according to a recent National Bureau of Economic Research paper. Processing Content In ...

Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. Weeks after wildfires burned more than 16,000 ...

Last year was the third-highest year on record for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, according to new data from ...

Natural disasters in Iowa that cause millions and even billions of dollars damage are becoming more frequent, which some experts blame on our changing climate. The 15th annual Iowa Climate Statement ...

Human activities have been the major driver of climate change since the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. As greenhouse gas levels, primarily carbon dioxide due to the burning of ...

The first half of this year was the costliest ever recorded for weather and climate disasters in the United States, according to an analysis published Wednesday by the nonprofit organization Climate ...

What does climate change do to disasters such as the one in Kerr County on the Fourth of July weekend? “Enhance them,” said one scientist. “Exacerbate,” said another. Why This Story Matters Global ...

Extreme weather disasters fueled by climate change in Massachusetts have cost US taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a report by Rebuild by Design, an initiative of the Institute ...

The LA wildfires last January helped push the nation's "billion-dollar disasters" to a near record last year, even without a ...