Extreme Weather

Heat Is Killing Wildlife Across the Animal Kingdom. A New Forecasting Tool May Help.

The tool forecasts heat risks for wildlife in some regions months in advance. But questions remain about whether this information can prevent deaths at a large scale.

By Kiley Price

Alaskans Reel From the Loss of National Science Foundation Ocean-Monitoring Instruments

By Paula Dobbyn

Montana Officials Warn of Elevated Wildfire Risk From Increasing Drought, Heat and Wind

By Mosabber Hossain

A New DC ‘Museum’ Raises Awareness About the Looming Consequences of Extreme Weather

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

A ‘Reforestation Pipeline’ in New Mexico Trains Seedlings to Survive in Burn Scars

By Tina Deines

Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse

By Lisa Sorg

Heat Is a Growing Threat to the Hajj—Even in Spring

By Kiley Price

In New Jersey, Sherrill Agrees to Delay Protections Against Sea Level Rise

By Emilie Lounsberry

Coral Reefs in French Polynesia Are Stuck Between Life and Death

By Ryan Green

The 2026 World Cup Will Feature a Villainous Player: Extreme Heat

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

As Seas Rise, Louisiana Faces a Choice: Plan for Movement or Let Crisis Decide

By Avery Schuyler Nunn

Forecasters Predict Below-Average Hurricane Season, Advise Against Complacency

By Amy Green

An Unusually Early Heat Wave Breaks Temperature Records Across Western Europe

By Kiley Price

Community Leaders in Florida Say Trump’s FEMA Pullback Leaves Them Struggling to Fill the Void

By Amy Green, Charles Paullin

Corpus Christi Postpones Water Emergency to December as ‘Super El Niño’ Offers an End to Drought

By Dylan Baddour, Emily Salazar

Fire in the ‘Galapagos of North America’ Risks Species Found Nowhere Else

By Kiley Price

Latin America Faces ‘Hydrological Whiplash’ as Climate Risks Mount

By Bob Berwyn

Sea Level Rise and Sunny-Day Flooding Can’t Stop a Building Boom on the Jersey Shore

By Emilie Lounsberry

New Paper Shows Surges of Concentrated Precipitation Can Lead to Dryer Landscapes

By Jake Bolster