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Meteorologists warn week ahead in US will have dangerous temps

  • Jul 10

Scientists were 'right' about climate: Al Gore

  • Jun 18
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Trailer drops for Nat Geo documentary 'Time and Water'

  • May 4
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These species are now listed as endangered

  • Apr 9

Antarctica has lost ice 10 times the size of LA, scientists say

  • Mar 6

Greta Thunberg banned after Venice canal dyed green

  • Nov 27, 2025

Pope Leo says God's creation is 'crying out', calls for climate action

  • Nov 18, 2025

Flesh-eating bacteria cases rising due to climate change: scientists

  • Aug 30, 2025

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How climate change is impacting when mosquitos can impact Houstonians

  • Aug 26
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'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth'

  • Jun 18
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Trailer drops for Nat Geo documentary 'Time and Water'

  • May 4
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How climate change is contributing to flash flood events across the country

  • Jul 9, 2025
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Wildfire risk increases across SE Texas as local climate changes

  • Mar 21, 2025
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Does Houston have an invisible storm barrier in I-10?

  • Mar 10, 2025
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Houston high schoolers say they want to learn about climate change

  • Dec 19, 2024
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Teacher pens book on climate anxiety after students' reply to weather

  • Dec 12, 2024

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Is the US seeing worse flooding this summer? Here's what's happening

Texas. North Carolina. Illinois. New Mexico. Flash flooding surged into the spotlight in the last week.

  • Jul 11, 2025

How climate change is contributing to flash flood events across the country

While climate change is not solely responsible for causing the recent flash floods across the country, here's how it does influence these events and their impact.

  • Jul 9, 2025

Hawaii's first-in-the-nation climate change tourist tax expected to generate nearly $100M annually

Hawaii's governor signed legislation that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address climate change.

  • May 29, 2025
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What Pope Leo XIV has said about climate change

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV could continue in his predecessor's footprints as the steward of the environment of the Catholic Church.

  • May 9, 2025

How the planet's climate has changed since the first Earth Day in 1970

While the Earth Day movement has helped raise awareness about human-amplified climate change and has led to some regulatory actions, 5 1/2 decades later, the planet continues to warm at an alarming rate, with the impacts of that warming worsening with each passing decade.

  • Apr 22, 2025