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Farmers in California are trying to plant crops that don't require a lot of water. Some are turning to growing agave as a response to a warming state.

Audie Cornish talks to U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz the morning after President Obama addressed the U.N. Climate Summit.

Xiye Bastida was raised in the highlands of Mexico with an understanding that she had to thank the Earth for everything it provided. Now, she's dedicated her entire life to the issue of protecting it.

The brand new chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Sen. Roger Wicker was the only senator to vote against calling climate change "real and not a hoax."

As time runs out to put the brakes on global warming, world leaders seem loath to reduce gas emissions, because it's politically hard, says social scientist Clive Hamilton. Instead, he worries, we'll try to engineer the atmosphere — a tech fix that sounds quicker and simpler – but is fraught with risk.

Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency has acknowledged that human activity plays "some" role in the changing climate. In his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Scott Pruitt said he wants to work with states to protect the environment while also encouraging economic growth.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Chris Field, director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, about the extreme weather events occurring globally.

In rural Washington County, Maine, there are pressing issues, such as the cost of living, that are getting more attention than climate change. There's also skepticism about it, even though the region's natural resource-based economy is inextricably linked to a rapidly warming sea.

Hundreds are dead after torrential rains devastated Spain’s east. Climate scientists say a hotter planet makes deadly events like it more likely.

Writer and photojournalist Michael Kodas says forest management, climate change and growing population complicate fire fighting.