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Lima, Peru's beach is bathed in unseasonal winter sunshine as scientists predict a "Godzilla" El Niño. Simeon Tegel for NPR hide caption
Scientists Warn “Godzilla” El Niño Could Intensify Climate Impacts Worldwide
Tropical Storm Arthur, seen here in a satellite image from Wednesday morning, is the first named storm of the Atlantic season, bringing the threat of dangerous floods along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center predicts the system will not strengthen much before making landfall. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-19 hide caption
Uruguay's Agustin Canobbio cools off during a hydration break in a World Cup soccer match against Saudi Arabia in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Monday. Dangerously hot, humid weather in the area prompted an extreme heat warning from the National Weather Service earlier in the day. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
Forecasters are warning that a new El Niño weather pattern could bring strong impacts to areas around the world. In this 2024 photo, dramatically low water levels are seen in a reservoir feeding the Guavio Hydroelectric Power Plant in Gachalá, in Colombia's Guavio Province, during dry conditions linked to El Niño. Jhojan Hilarion/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image provided by NOAA, shows a storm system forming along the Gulf coast of Texas, on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. NOAA via AP/NOAA hide caption
Wildfire and smoke maps like this one on the federal government's fire.airnow.gov website were developed, in part, from research funded by the U.S. Forest Service. fire.airnow.gov hide caption
Trump takes aim at forest and wildfire research as the West is poised to burn
Gray whales are showing up in San Francisco Bay, a detour on their long migrations from Mexico to Alaska. They seem to be searching for food, as changing ocean conditions reduce availability of their normal prey in the Arctic. Darrin Allen/The Marine Mammal Center, NOAA hide caption
Whales are showing up in San Francisco Bay. New ship alerts could help protect them
Former Forest Service researcher, Morgan Grove, examines a white oak tree planted by agency scientists in the Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore, MD. KT Kanazawich for NPR hide caption
Residents make phone calls in their neighborhood after heavy rains from hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images North America hide caption
Many matches are being held during a time period where each location is at it's hottest Rahul Mukherjee and Rebecca Hersher/NPR/NPR analysis of Copernicus Wet Bulb Globe Temperature temperatures from 2002 to 2022 hide caption
These World Cup games are most at-risk for dangerously hot weather
Guadalupe Higuera stands in front of trucks being repaired at his family's shop in Phoenix. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption
'At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an electric vehicle?'
Brendan Fraser plays Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Andrew Scott plays meteorologist James Stagg in the new film Pressure, about the tense lead-up to the D-Day invasion during World War II. Alex Bailey/Focus Features hide caption
A man drinks Tuesday outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption
A home that was severely damaged when Hurricane Beryl swept through Freeport, Texas, in July 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Disaster season is coming. Here are three things you can do to prepare
A cyclist passes treated wastewater outfalls as they flow into the South Platte River at Metro Water Recovery's treatment facility. Warm wastewater contains thermal energy, which the city of Denver plans to tap. McKenzie Lange/CPR News hide caption
With Trump’s rollbacks on climate solutions, what can cities and states do?
A cyclist passes treated wastewater outfalls as they flow into the South Platte River at Metro Water Recovery's treatment facility. Warm wastewater contains thermal energy, which the city of Denver plans to tap. McKenzie Lange/CPR News hide caption
Electricity prices are climbing faster than overall inflation. That, coupled with a hotter-than-usual summer, has forecasters warning of a sharp jump in utility bills. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Why a decades-old forest planting practice from Japan is gaining traction in the U.S.
People walk past damage from Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Federal forecasters predict 8 to 14 named storms, including tropical storms and hurricanes, will form in the Atlantic in 2026. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption
Forecasters expect slightly fewer hurricanes than usual this year, but the risk of destructive storms is still high
This beaver was released on Oct. 11, 2023, in Greenford, England, as part of the Ealing Beaver Project. A family of five beavers, two adults and three kits, was released into the 20-acre Paradise Fields nature reserve in West London, becoming the first beavers in the west of the British capital in 400 years. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers
Three years ago, this garden near the Kansas City metro area was a lawn. Now it's full of Midwest native plants — like the Ohio spiderwort and mountain mint pictured here —that attract plenty of pollinators. Celia Llopis-Jepsen/KCUR hide caption
The PDX Community Solar project is funded by a more than $4 million grant from the Portland Clean Energy Fund. It provides power to qualified low-income residents in Portland, Oregon's Cully neighborhood. Monica Samayoa/Oregon Public Broadcasting hide caption
How one Oregon city has raised a billion dollars for climate change
Denver plans to heat and cool a cluster of downtown buildings with a system using water, geothermal energy and even heat from ... sewage. Aaron Ontiveroz/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption