Climate change

The National Hurricane Center released their first outlook for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, and it’s quite similar to how last year unfolded. Meteorologist Chase Cain breaks down the forecast and how climate change is cranking up the dial on hurricanes.

Climate change has added at least a week of dangerously hot days for pregnant women in every state, raising risks of stillbirths and pre-term births.

The agency said its National Centers for Environmental Information would no longer update its Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database beyond 2024.

Climate-fueled wildfires contribute to thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in damages from wildfire smoke in the U.S, via a new study.

In a rare move, all living former directors of the National Weather Service issued a joint warning about the threat of staff cuts and buy-outs across the agency. The men cautioned that President Trump’s proposal to cut NOAA’s budget by nearly 30% will lead to the ‘needless loss of life’ during severe weather. Meteorologist Chase Cain talked with former agency...

Premium coffee roasters in the U.S. are reeling from the sharp price increases of coffee beans, which nearly doubled last year after record drought in Brazil.

In a new move, Hawaii lawmakers are ready to hike a tax imposed on travelers staying in hotels, vacation rentals and other short-term accommodations.

It’s no secret that sneakers tend to pile up in closets—or worse, end up in the trash. But one South Florida company is changing that narrative by transforming old kicks into global opportunities. Sneaker Impact, a 75,000-square-foot facility in Miami where sustainability isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the foundation of the business. The mission is straightforward: keep sneakers out of landfills...

Wealthy adventurers and bucket listers rub shoulders with scientists looking to gather data as funding vanishes under the Trump administration. 

As the Trump administration continues slashing budgets of groups like the National Science Foundation, scientists may increasingly need to rely on private tour companies for their research. In contrast, global research shows 74% of Americans want our leaders to do more to address climate change. Meteorologist Chase Cain traveled to Antarctica to explore how ecotourism could help persuade climate skeptics...

A new study estimates that the world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage.

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

Penguin chicks, whose coats are made of fluffy down feathers, aren’t as protected from the rain as adult penguins. Getting too wet can kill them.

As ice melts, water temperature changes, impacting ocean currents and sea life around the globe.

The algae that grows on patches of ice in Antarctica alters the albedo — or the ice’s reflectivity — enough to make the entire planet warm faster.

NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can in a single year.

You’re about to go on vacation and must decide how to get there. What method of travel contributes the most greenhouse gas emissions? Test yourself.

National climate reporter Chase Cain and a team of scientists from the California Ocean Alliance traveled to Antarctica to track the growing impacts of coal, oil, and gas pollution on whales. The giant mammals help phytoplankton produce half of the oxygen human’s breathe but that job is threatened by Earth’s rising temperatures.

Millions of people around the world will pause on Tuesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. Here are answers to some common questions about Earth Day.

As temperatures continue to rise year over year, cocoa plants are suffering which means that chocolate production could slow down and increase prices. NBC10’s Michelle Rotella has more.