Climate

President-elect Donald Trump is proposing fossil fuel champions for U.S. leadership roles. New research shows the world is off the mark for hitting carbon emissions targets, underscoring the urgent need to address climate change…

Welcome. It is a pleasure to be here in Nairobi for the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview for 2025 to address conflict, climate, and localization challenges in crisis response. I…

As of November 1, 2024, there was 24 climate and weather disasters in the U.S. that exceeded $1 billion in losses. Disasters are intensifying and becoming more frequent. Many places…

On a rainy February day in 1968, two Black sanitation workers, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, were tragically crushed to death by a malfunctioning garbage truck compactor in Memphis, Tennessee.…

NOAA is supporting the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Healthoffsite link at George Mason University, and Meharry School of Global Healthoffsite link, as it initiates the inaugural fellowship for Policy Experience in…

Brittany Powell moved from the Bay Area to Vermont in 2016, just as wildfire smoke was becoming a regular summertime occurrence in California. She watched in horror from afar as…

As low-income households face the dual burden of weather extremes and high energy costs, energy efficiency is an increasingly important strategy for both climate mitigation and lower utility bills. Passive…

The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events is prompting some philanthropists to reconsider their disaster responses. The question is whether to fund long-term recovery and resilience rather than…

Between Sunday and Monday morning — a mere 24 hours — Hurricane Milton intensified from a tropical storm to a fierce Category 5 hurricane. With wind speeds pushing 180 miles per…

The urban heat island effect, a phenomenon that causes city sidewalks to be approximately 9+ degrees Fahrenheit hotter than those in surrounding suburbs, is wreaking havoc on the unsheltered homeless community.…

Catastrophic. Deadly. Life-threatening. These are words used to describe the strongest hurricane to affect the United States this year. Making landfall near Perry, Florida, as a Category 4 storm, Hurricane Helene caused…

As it stands, NOAA, the nation’s main weather service, is one of the few resources communities can access when attempting to understand how a major storm or wildfire may impact…