Climate

Moist air masses fed the heavy rainfall as they moved into the so-called ‘Flash Flood Alley.’ For every 1°F increase in temperature, there is about 4% more water vapor in the atmosphere

The executive director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme is calling for better urban planning to help cities prepare for population growth and to tackle the global housing crisis

Cross-accusations between local authorities and weather services muddy the answers to why the event was so catastrophic, while Trump avoids getting involved

Tony Sánchez-Ariño, now 95, defends legal hunting in Africa in his books and recounts how he once shot a record 20 animals in just 75 minutes

At least 82 people are dead, including more than 20 children, and dozens remain missing in Kerr County: ‘It happened very quickly; there was no way to warn everyone and get everyone out’

Eight countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are in the ‘red zone,’ according to an index created by Columbia University and the Rockefeller Foundation

A report by the International Council on Clean Transportation shows that business jets generated as many emissions in 2023 as all the flights that departed from Heathrow Airport

The former Democratic secretary of state predicts that, despite Donald Trump, ‘the energy transition will continue’ 

The government deployed more than 30,000 security personnel to mitigate the potential damage

The researcher believes that environmental crime ‘is the third-biggest criminal sector in the world’

A single ‘Rugulopteryx okamurae’ can form up to 600 copies of itself, and its steady advance shows no signs of slowing, with devastating effects for local biodiversity

Brazilian suburbs can experience temperatures up to 46°F higher than nearby neighborhoods. Climate change exacerbates inequalities and has a particularly strong impact on people of African descent

Glaciologist Olivier Gagliardini says that while it is too early to know whether climate change was behind this avalanche, global warming is contributing to destabilizing the mountains and we could see more events of this nature in future

The country’s rich biological heritage gave rise to spirits based on the agave plant. But now, local communities are facing a voracious industry that is putting their main pollinators at risk

Mining, ranching and logging by squatters — who are acting in collusion with the Ortega government in Managua — are expanding to the Costa Rican side of this nature reserve, which is key to maintaining the biological connectivity of the Americas

A study indicates that rising temperatures threaten 60% of the area suitable for growing the tropical fruit

The rapidly advancing predator is a good swimmer and has also colonized Formentera and satellite islets in the Mediterranean. Scientists warn other micromammals that control the insect population are also disappearing 

In addition to the layoffs at the storm monitoring agency NOAA, several USAID programs aimed at disaster risk management have been suspended

A social media post about a “spray” to quiet the little frog unleashes a wave of indignation on the island, which is already going through a crisis of excess tourism and forced displacement of its residents

Climate change has swallowed beaches in the Barcelona municipality, which has lost €1 million a year since the pandemic due to the lack of tourists

Dozens of buildings in the Egyptian city, the southern Mediterranean’s most-populated metropolis, are collapsing from coastal erosion and the infiltration of sea water in its aquifers

Embrapa, the public agricultural research agency, is committed to combining livestock, crops, and trees to turn around a sector that pollutes more than Japan

Texas recorded the highest number of tornadoes from 2020 to 2024

The young raptor uses the signal to know when to hide behind the line of stopped cars and ambush its prey

Scientists warn that climate change is the main cause of the loss of mass in South America’s most famous glacier