Trump Cuts Wildfire Resources As Fires Burn Across the Nation
Wildfire season in the United States lasts from the spring through the fall, with peak activity typically reported in…
Wildfire season in the United States lasts from the spring through the fall, with peak activity typically reported in…
Water – whether too much of it or too little – is a perennial problem in California. According to…
Since late February 2026, when Israel and the United States began air strikes against Iran, oil prices have surged….
In some cities, it is normal for the temperature to shift more than 30 degrees in a single day….
The United States is purported to have some of the safest and cleanest drinking water in the world. Across…
Gas prices around the world range from a few cents to over $15 per gallon in Hong Kong. Several…
Carbon dioxide emissions – a byproduct of fossil fuel consumption – have surged in recent decades. According to data…
April is a month of transition in the United States, a period when temperatures steadily rise as the first…
Heat trapping greenhouse gasses generated through fossil fuel consumption have been identified as a leading driver of the global…
Since automobile ownership became widespread across the U.S. in the early 20th century, American roads have gotten markedly safer….
Severe weather events are growing in both frequency and intensity in the era of climate change – and the…
Over the last decade, electric vehicles have been gaining popularity in the United States. Domestic EV sales have increased…
Over the last six months, electric vehicle sales have cratered in the United States. In September 2025, the Trump…
The United States is in the midst of one of its worst droughts in years. According to the U.S….
Of all severe weather events in the United States, the most obvious risks to life and property are often…
The market for electric vehicles is changing rapidly in the United States. Turmoil in the industry has been caused,…
Artificial intelligence represents a major technological breakthrough, and one that may prove to be among the most transformative in…
Around the world, temperatures have been steadily rising for decades and the trend appears to be accelerating in the…
Since 1970, average temperatures across America’s cities have risen by 2.8 to 2.9 degrees — a trend driven by…
Overall, river and lake pollution levels in the US have improved, largely due to the Clean Water Act of…
Extreme weather causes tens of billions of dollars of damage each year in the United States. From wildfires and…
Accurate long-range weather forecasting is extremely difficult. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center offers forecasts extending “8 to…
Seventeen states reached all-time high temperatures in March. When smaller cities and towns are included, the number of record-breaking…
The hottest cities in America have held that distinction for centuries — but what has changed is that they…
Best book lists, like best movie lists or rankings of actors and restaurants, are inherently subjective. Even if a…
The explosion in AI investment by major tech companies may be creating the conditions for an energy crisis in…
The world’s oceans are getting hotter, and fast. As NASA has noted, “Rising greenhouse gas concentrations not only warm…
With the advent of AI – and the resource-intensive data centers powering the new technology – energy demand is…
Exactly how artificial intelligence will impact human civilization in the coming years remains unclear, as expert opinions vary from…
New research has led many climate scientists to the startling conclusion that the rate of global warming has doubled…
The United States is facing some of the worst drought conditions in decades. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor,…
Now well into its third week, the war in Iran is roiling global markets. Limited in its capacity to…
America is worried about $5 gas. The average U.S. household spends $2,500 a year on gasoline, according to the…
In March, Phoenix’s average daily low is 52°F and the average high is 77°F, with rain on only about…
The start of the spring season is a week away. But in much of the country, the final days…
Before hybrids and EVs, Americans could buy small, gas-powered cars that got high mileage. These vehicles were light, compact,…
In the United States, electricity has become markedly more expensive in recent years. According to the U.S. Energy Information…
The ongoing war in Iran has sent shockwaves through global energy markets. On Monday, March 9, Brent crude oil…
There has not been a major (or minor) nuclear explosion since the 1960s. This is almost entirely because the…
The final month of the meteorological winter, February is also one of the coldest months in the United States….
In the United States, the first of March marks the unofficial start of spring. During the month of March,…
It is still too early to know whether any U.S. cities will set annual snowfall records this year, as…
Meteorological winter, as defined by weather organizations like NOAA, runs from December 1 through the last day of February….
Meteorological winter, as defined by weather organizations like NOAA, runs from December 1 through the last day of February….
Generating nearly $28.8 trillion in 2024, the U.S. economy is by far the largest in the world. In the…
The National Park System was established in 1916. It encompasses 433 parks and protected areas covering 85 million acres….
The main causes of climate change — particularly the rapid global warming observed since the pre-industrial period — are…
One of the most certain and intractable problems associated with climate change is sea level rise. According to a…
The US continues to have a large population of people who do not believe in the damage from climate…
In the era of climate change, winter is the fastest warming season for much of the United States. Perhaps…
Whether it is good news or bad news for the environment, the world’s largest garbage dumps are not on…
The emergence of artificial intelligence technology and its implications has raised profound questions pertaining to the future of labor,…
The U.S. power grid is facing a looming crisis. A recent report from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation…
Last month, much of the country was inundated with historic snowfall, as a massive winter storm swept across 2,300…
For much of the country, 2026 has been a year of record-breaking winter weather. According to local weather station…
Football is an economic and cultural phenomenon unlike any other in the United States. The NFL brought in record-breaking…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration had predicted a relatively mild winter this year for much of the United States….
Temperatures have been steadily rising for more than a century in the United States. According to the National Oceanic…
Many famous movies take place in snowstorms or were filmed in snowy settings. To identify the best of these…
The opening ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympics is scheduled to take place in Milan, Italy, on Friday, February…
Since television ownership boomed in the 1950s, singular cultural and political moments – including the Apollo 11 moon landing,…
Over the weekend and into Monday, a massive winter storm brought frigid temperatures, ice, and heavy snow to much…
As the weekend approaches, the size and potential impact of the looming winter storm is becoming increasingly clear. The…
There are several reasons people don’t own EVs in the US. One major factor is cost. The average price…
Winter storm watches are in effect across large swaths of the country, as multiple clipper systems are expected to…
For decades, concerns have mounted about the durability, security, and safety of the American electricity grid. The system is…
One of the most widely covered climate disasters in America last year killed no one and caused little property…
Electric cars existed as early as the start of the 20th century, but batteries and range were problematic. The…
2025 now stands as the third hottest year since record keeping began in 1850. Globally, last year’s average temperature…
America’s forests are facing significant pressures, and a number have no future. However, there are several ways a forest…
Across the globe, the era of climate change has been largely defined by a rapid warming trend. In much…
In 2022, experts worried that Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US, might dry up. Created by the…
Climate Central’s dataset, updated through last month, tracks 426 events that each caused at least $1 billion in damage…
A warming atmosphere has been a hallmark of global climate change in recent decades. In June 2025, a dangerous…
One week into the new year, and preliminary data suggests that 2025 will go down as one of the…
Preliminary data for the past year shows that the average global temperature in 2025 was slightly lower than it…
New data shows that the continuing effects of climate change were on full display in 2025. According to recently…
January is the first full month of the astronomical winter in the United States, and also the final month…
For the first time in over half a decade, electric vehicles sales in the U.S. are projected to slump…
New Year’s Eve and Day are peak travel periods, often worsened by winter weather, high ticket demand, and occasional…
The spread of disease is not routinely connected to climate change or the environment. However, ignoring this connection would…
Since the industrial revolution, marked changes in the global climate have been driven by the accelerating accumulation of carbon…
The era of climate change has been defined by rapid, unprecedented shifts in global temperatures. According to The Intergovernmental…
In much of the country, snowfall is a regular occurrence in the winter months. According to the Federal Highway…
Professional sports are big business in the United States, drawing in millions of viewers and generating billions of dollars….
December marks the start of the meteorological winter in the United States, a time of year when much of…
Historically, the Christmas holiday has been one of the busiest travel seasons in the United States, and this Christmas,…
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are fully electric with no gasoline engine. The following figures are approximate, compiled from sources…
As the pace of climate change accelerates, warming trends around the world are becoming increasingly evident. According to the…
This year, the fall season does not officially end until the winter solstice on December 21. But, as it…
Only one week into December, and in much of the United States, the winter season is already bringing historic…
Half a century has passed since the Edmund Fitzgerald, the large Great Lakes freighter, sank in a violent storm…
The official start of winter is weeks away, but for much of the country, the coldest season of the…
Remember the Dodo? That quirky flightless bird that once thrived in the thousands? It’s been gone for over a…
December marks the beginning of the meteorological winter, and in the United States, it is one of the coldest…
Climatecrisis247 picked the worst movies ever made about climate change. We used a few different ways to judge these…
You’ve probably heard of the IIHS, which stands for Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. They’re the folks who keep…
Winter just isn’t what it used to be for most Americans. A large new study looking at 55 years…
A potent early-season winter storm is poised to sweep across the Great Lakes over the next 72 hours, delivering…
A surge of cold, moisture-laden air is lining up to deliver a snowy Thanksgiving across parts of the Great…
As the U.S. endures record-breaking heat year after year, millions of Americans still live in homes without air conditioning….
A blast of winter weather is set to sweep across the West and central Rockies late this weekend, bringing…
Every year, hailstorms pound large swaths of the United States, causing billions in damage to cars, rooftops, and crops….
As the planet warms, drought is becoming more common. According to analysis from the World Resources Institute, when global…
A new study finds that a handful of nations are responsible for the vast majority of plastic waste entering…
Public cost overruns came up in a heated congressional oversight hearing earlier this year, when Congressman Kevin Kiley called…
A burst of unseasonable warmth is set to sweep across the central United States this weekend, pushing temperatures 10…
After turning its back on renewables and embracing the oil industry, the Trump Administration has now turned its attention…
One of Tesla’s problems is that its car designs are old. Most car company refresh a part of their…
Experts have linked the size and strength of last year’s Hurricane Erin, which was in the 90th percentile of…
Greenhouse gas emissions have surged across the world in the last century, and the impact these emissions have on…
The core ingredients in an EV battery – graphite, aluminum, nickel, copper, manganese, cobalt, and lithium – are concentrated…
Responsibility for the regulation of clean drinking water in the United States falls to the Environmental Protection Agency –…
A gallon of gas, based on a nationwide regular, was $4.30 yesterday, according to AAA. A gallon of premium…
New data from iSeeCars shows that the used Tesla Model X is selling at a remarkably fast pace. The…
New data from iSeeCars shows that the used Tesla Model X is selling at a remarkably fast pace. The…
In a recent study in PeerJ, scientists with the Open Earth Monitor Cyberinfrastructure project harnessed high-resolution datasets and machine…
Across the globe, natural disasters and severe weather events have always posed an existential threat to life and property….
Around the world, temperatures have been climbing steadily for decades – and the pace of warming has rapidly accelerated…
To protect themselves from financial losses in the event of theft or damage, the vast majority of American homeowners…
As climate change intensifies, back-to-back hurricanes like Imelda and Humberto may become more common. In a paper published in…
There were 1,557 tornadoes last year, above the 10-year average of 1,225, according to the Center for Homeland Defense…