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Our country has overcome many challenges since its foundation – from the civil war to civil rights, there’s no doubt that this nation significantly impacted the course of human history. Now, the country faces one of its biggest challenges yet: climate change. Residents of Washington, DC… Read More

Flooded streets. Beach closures. Store fronts underwater.  These are some notable memories of New England’s 2023 summer, the second rainiest on record.  Warmer temperatures around the globe caused rainfall to increase in the Northeast, according to experts.  “We are getting wetter in… Read More

A federal climate change assessment released in November warns of worsening health impacts due to climate change — effects which are already being seen in California. In California, temperatures have already begun to climb and wildfires have intensified, a… Read More

In Alicia Keys and Jay-Z’s 2009 hit song, “Empire State of Mind,” they describe New York City as the concrete jungle where dreams are made of. For some New Yorkers, those dreams include saving their planet by first, saving their city. From Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvescent… Read More

At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, fans of the men’s basketball team enjoyed March Madness as they saw the Illini reach the Elite Eight during the NCAA Tournament. But another kind of March Madness was happening on campus – the Rain Garden Rumble at the Red… Read More

Russ Schumacher, a climatologist and atmospheric science professor at Colorado State University, said drought is the most noticeable effect of climate change in the state. (Courtesy photo from the Colorado State University’s website) From 1980 until 2023, statewide annual temperatures in Colorado warmed 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit, a… Read More

Extreme weather events from intense wildfires to heavy rains have plagued California, the nation’s most populous state, in recent years. The deadliest wildlife in state history, the Camp Fire, killed 85 people and destroyed over 90 percent of homes in Paradise, a small town in a rural region… Read More

In a 2022 global report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, some of the world’s top scientists agreed that “The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human well-being and the health of the planet. Any… Read More

Mountain Day is a favorite tradition among Smith College students in Northampton, Massachusetts. Every year in the early fall semester, classes are canceled, the President of the College hands out apple cider donuts, and the college provides transport for students to go apple picking. This year, apple-picking wasn’t… Read More

Priced out of my hometown New York City during the pandemic, I arrived in Tennessee for an artist residency on a donkey farm 3 years ago looking for a solution to what I’d hoped was a short-term issue of homelessness. After unexpectedly falling in love at 40 with… Read More

It is getting harder to grow food, and few people understand that better than Dr. Rachel Schattman. She’s always been a farmer, and now leads the University of Maine’s Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Fellowship, a multi-year experiment that pairs academic scientists with dozens of farmers to help plan… Read More

North Carolina’s fast-growing Wake County is poised to get two things—more rain and more development. And that clash could put pressure on state-mandated 50-foot riparian buffers1, vegetated areas along bodies of water that are designed to protect the region’s Neuse River… Read More

Wildfires are so common in eastern Washington that “fire season” has become entrenched in local vocabularies.  The dry side of the state has been the site of repeated megafires in the last decade—fires that have taken lives, destroyed property, and charred hundreds of thousands of acres of forest… Read More

Everyone has their own idea of climate change, even those who refuse to believe in it. At the eye of this hurricane of (mis)information is the large and environmentally diverse state of Florida. What many agree upon, however, is the difference between climate change… Read More

It’s no secret that the desert is hot, but in the last few years the heat in Phoenix has been breaking new records. According to Arizona State climatologist and Senior Global Futures Scientist with the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory Dr. Erinanne… Read More

Photography by Mars Productions As hurricane season 2024 draws near, forecasting is on the minds of southwest Florida’s climate scientists, who rely on modeling to predict what we’re in store for in coming years. In Florida, second only to Alaska in coastline miles,… Read More

New York City is known for its nightlife, culture, and creativity, but things are also heating up throughout the state – and not in a good way. According to a report by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) on… Read More

For Kansas City metro area gardeners, the latest USDA plant hardiness map revealed some surprises–many growers have watched their land warm over the last decade, pushing them from zone 6a to 6b. While the hardiness map primarily highlights the extremities of the temperature spectrum, they are a canary… Read More

Climate change is a silent disaster. One way it notifies of its presence is by raising the sea levels. Since the 1880s, the sea level has risen by 8 inches, with the current pace of rise measuring more than an inch… Read More

Climate change in Central Florida is creating extreme weather, such as flooding, due to the mix of inland freshwater and sealine, according to Marybeth Arcodia, a research scientist at Colorado State University whose work focuses on climate variability and predictability. Sea level rise is caused globally… Read More

Missouri children may be more susceptible to adverse pollution effects, according to a Missouri primary care physician and environmental health expert. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states children are more vulnerable to climate-related hazards due to their… Read More

If you ask Dr. Christopher Gabler how climate change is impacting the state of Texas, his answer is direct: In a lot of ways, and strongly.  Gabler is Associate Professor of Plant Ecology & Sustainability at UT Rio Grande Valley, where he studies… Read More

Growing up in Austin, Texas looked different in the 90s than it does today. I don’t just mean in the way that every generation says that– “Back in my day…” I mean it in the more ominous, cracking earth, beating sun, crumpling oak trees sort of… Read More

Recent developments in climatology have revealed quite a bit about the state of our planet if human production of fossil fuels continues on its current track. Scientists have recently begun focusing on ways that climate change is harming particular regions, as most prior discussions in the popular media… Read More

New Mexico, affectionately known as “The Land of Enchantment,” boasts a diverse landscape of steppes, desert mesas, and high-elevation alpine forests. But in recent years, it appears the state’s once impressive population of bird species is dwindling. In 2020, thousands of migratory birds were found dead throughout the… Read More

Across the globe, wildfire size and intensity has grown precipitously; a trend observed by many reports from organizations like the World Resources Institute and the United Nations. The expanding impact of fires has followed a similar trajectory within Idaho.  In 2022, the state saw 418,751 acres… Read More

Illinois, in the country’s heartland, boasts a demographic makeup that more than just about any other state most closely mirrors that of the United States as a whole. Along the same lines, the state’s climate change challenges echo the… Read More

Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner famously said, “You know what they say about Chicago, if you don’t like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.” While residents can relate to Kiner’s claim about Windy City weather, the undeniable effects of climate change on… Read More

The December cooldown is a welcomed reprieve in the Grand Canyon State after Arizonans experienced record heat waves this past summer.  In 2023, Phoenix reached two grim milestones: a historic 31-day stretch of 110 degrees or higher along with hitting daily highs of 119 degrees on… Read More

Florida is one of the country’s fastest-growing states, but its growth and economy face significant challenges due to climate change. The biggest issue: rising sea levels. Like other states, Florida’s climate is changing… Read More