The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm taking shape east of the Rockies might seem to conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet. But all of these things still happen, even ...

At first, few were worried about the rains around Taishitun, a scrabbly town in the mountains north of Beijing, in the last days of July. There had not been a flood there since 1890—and that was not a ...

As we say goodbye to 2025, we’re taking a look back at some of the significant weather events of the year. Fortunately, it was a quieter year (extreme weather-wise) in Connecticut compared to previous ...

Climate change is disturbing wind patterns across the globe in dramatic ways. And when combined with land-use change and desertification, these changes are spawning immense sand and dust storms that ...

In 2025, carbon pollution made 89% of record high daily temperatures set across 247 major U.S. cities more likely — and influenced risky extreme heat events around the globe. Hurricane Melissa, the ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the mysterious structure of ice, parents' heightened tolerance for disgust, and how penguins are adapting to climate change.