Raging wildfires and severe storms contributed to record-high global insurance losses — totaling an estimated $84 billion — for the first six months of the year, according to a report from reinsurance ...

A new study reports that Santa Ana winds will become less frequent in the future. But the more rare hot, dry winds could ...

Greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning coal, oil and gas, have heated the planet by about 1.3 degrees Celsius since ...

The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.

Europe has been experiencing dozens of extreme weather events in recent weeks, from blistering heatwaves to raging storms. ...

Wildfires and climate change are locked in a vicious circle: Fires worsen climate change, and climate change worsens fires. Scientists, including those at the World Resources Institute, have been ...

Climatologists and wildfire experts agree that human-caused climate change is worsening wildfires. Hotter, drier and windier weather can make it easier for wildfires to start and continue burning.

The initiative also documents what's known about schools' emissions, how climate disasters eat into learning time, and ...

From record-breaking heat waves and wildfires to intensified storms and coastal flooding, the effects of climate change are ...

Opinion: A warming climate will continue to lead to larger, more frequent, and costlier wildfires across the West.

Canada's wildfires have burned more than 13.6 million acres (5.5 million hectares) this year, an area roughly the size of ...

Across the country, premiums are rising and insurers are pulling out of markets that are most at risk for climate ...