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Scientists at the Appalachian Mountain Club analyzed thousands of photos from hikers. They found that plants are flowering and growing leaves earlier.

As climate disasters grow in the U.S., NPR talks with people around the country about how they are feeling — both during this moment and about the future.

Apple growing is a ruthless business obsessed with good looks. Higher temperatures affect every part of of the fruit's life cycle, from more pests to changing color — and can even give them sunburn.

NPR's Noel King speaks to Gina McCarthy, White House National Climate Adviser, about President Biden's order to make federal vehicles and buildings carbon neutral by 2050.

The talks showed deep divisions, as small countries highly vulnerable to rising seas and powerful storms were at odds with wealthy, high-emitting countries like the United States.

Invited guests from southeastern Massachusetts included state legislators and Cheryl Andrews-Matais, chairwoman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah.

Big oil companies are converting refineries to make "renewable diesel" from soybean oil or beef tallow. It's driven by policies intended to help the climate, but there's a big environmental risk.

California has set up a permanent task force of National Guard members to do what used to be occasional work fighting and preventing wildfires.

Nomadic herders in Kenya's northwest are having to move farther afield as sustained drought fundamentally changes the landscape. The result: no grasses for their herds.

The scale of the geological event is like something from prehistoric times, with a tsunami 200 meters--656 feet--in height. But it happened last year. Researchers warn that similar events may reoccur.