Historically dry conditions and drought in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern part of the United States are a key factor in ...

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MORRISTOWN, N.J. − A parks employee was killed battling blazes that stretched from New Jersey into New York over the weekend ...

Wildfires that are raging across New York and New Jersey highlight a new threat to one of the world’s most affluent regions.

A historic lack of rain. Dozens of brush fires, including one Wednesday in Inwood Hill Park. Rail disruptions fueled by a ...

And heatwaves fuelled by climate change can worsen dry conditions when they do occur, by increasing evaporation from the soil ...

We have recently seen entire communities wiped off the map by wildfires fueled by ever-hotter weather. This has grave ...

BAKU (Reuters) - This year's U.N. climate summit - COP29 - is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher ...

Partly this is a sign of some success. When Trump was first elected in 2016, clean energy was something of a niche concern, ...

((AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)) Donalds, whose campaign has benefited from oil and gas interests, failed to note the impact that climate change has had on his own state and the wildfires ...

In many places around the world, extreme weather events are becoming stronger, and happening more often, due to climate change. This trend is likely to continue unless countries make steep cuts to ...