Rebecca Hersher
Stories
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National
How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown
It's increasingly expensive and difficult to get home insurance, as losses rise from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes. And the solutions aren't always politically popular.
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National
El Niño will likely continue into early 2024, driving even more hot weather
El Niño is warming up the water in the Pacific Ocean. That extra heat affects the whole planet, and has helped drive record-breaking hot weather.
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Climate
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth
June 2023 was the hottest June on record, going back to 1850. And forecasters expect more records to fall as El Niño exacerbates human-caused climate change.
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National
Climate change is making the way we talk about flood risk outdated
Flood experts all use the same language to convey risk: 10-year floods, 100-year floods, 500-year floods. But those intervals are often misunderstood, and climate change is making them less accurate.
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Environment
El Niño plus climate change means record-breaking heat
Some of the hottest global weather in recorded history is happening this week. It's likely that records will continue to fall this year.
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Climate
A new satellite could help clean up the air in America's most polluted neighborhoods
A new satellite will take continuous measurements of dangerous air pollution in the U.S. That has scientists, and residents, warily optimistic about undoing decades of environmental injustice.
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Climate
Climate change is causing people to move. They usually stay local, study finds
Researchers looked at thousands of homeowners who moved out of flood-prone homes. Most stayed within a 20-minute drive, and their new homes were safer from flooding.
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Climate
El Niño has officially begun. Here's what that means for the U.S.
The natural climate pattern known as El Niño has officially begun. It exacerbates human-caused climate change, driving even hotter temperatures and other dangerous weather.
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Climate
NOAA predicts a 'near-normal' hurricane season. But that's not good news
El Niño is coming, which usually means fewer storms. But abnormally warm ocean water makes hurricanes more likely. It's a rare situation
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Climate
The message from a U.N. climate report is dire: Humans must cut pollution quickly
Scientists working for the United Nations released their final report on the state of the Earth's climate, current greenhouse gas emissions and the options humans have for curbing those emissions.