climate change

USGS

October 1, 2026

Strongest El Niño on Record Triggers California State of Emergency and Is Already Affecting Global Weather Patterns

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

Sean Rayford/Getty Images

September 22, 2026

Congratulations! You’re a Disinformation Target. 6 Ways to Head Off the Deception

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

M. Hunt/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

July 21, 2026

Research at Risk: The Latest Proposal to Devastate the National Science Foundation

Kei Koizumi
Senior Advisor

Z PAGI STOCK/GETTY IMAGES

July 16, 2026

Extreme Heat, Extreme Costs: How Danger Season Exacerbates the Affordability Crisis

Sital Sathia
Analyst, Energy Justice & Resilience

Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images

July 15, 2026

Unprecedented Earth: Record Super El Niño, Marine Heatwaves, and Heat Domes

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow

Jimmy Sienicki/NOAA

July 13, 2026

Midwest’s Blowout Year of Storms, Power Outages Is a Window into Its Climate-Changed Future; We Must Heed It

Rachel Licker
Former UCS Staff

Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images

July 8, 2026

How Attribution Science Uses Models to Uncover Climate Change’s Effects on Weather

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

Tia Dufour/Department of Homeland Security

June 25, 2026

FEMA Review Council Report, Like President Trump, Is Out of Touch with Reality

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Yutthana Gaetgeaw/Getty Images

June 18, 2026

Dear Doomer: Hope is a Discipline

Sital Sathia
Analyst, Energy Justice & Resilience

Scott Olson/Getty Images

June 15, 2026

Despite It All: Watching US Wind and Solar’s Amazing Progress

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

A boy cools himself with potable water from the New Delhi Municipal Council water tanker during a heat wave in India.

Elke Scholiers/Getty Images

June 4, 2026

Making Sense of a Turbulent Global Climate and Clean Energy Landscape

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

A NASA-generated image of ocean temperatures, with a dark red splotch indicating extremely hot temperatures covering much of the North Pacific. This unusual warming happened between 2013-2016.

NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

June 4, 2026

Overheating a Water Planet: Warmed Oceans Will Not Be Ignored

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

Martin Vorel

May 28, 2026

Your Anti-Disinformation Safety Chain for Danger Season

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

MirageC/Getty Images

May 28, 2026

As the Heat Arrives: 7 Things to Know About Energy Affordability and Extreme Heat

Sital Sathia
Analyst, Energy Justice & Resilience

Greg/Pexels

May 21, 2026

The Trump Administration Threatens NOAA—Again—as Extreme Weather Looms

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

Andy Lyons/Getty Images

May 14, 2026

The Coast in Dispute: Climate, Development, and Dispossession in Puerto Rico

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Andy Lyons/Getty Images

May 14, 2026

La costa en disputa: Cambio climático, desarrollo y despojo en Puerto Rico

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Julian Reyes

May 14, 2026

Ask A Scientist: How Do We Save US Forest Service from President Trump’s Restructuring?

Michelle Rama-Poccia
Bilingual Writer and Podcast Host

Left: Mike McMillan/USFS, center: Tomas Castelazo/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0, right: NASA

May 13, 2026

Danger Season Is Here Again, with Triple the Danger for 2026

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

Cavan Images/David Hanson/Getty Images

May 8, 2026

Widespread Record US Drought Threatens Rural Livelihoods and Food Affordability

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Aaron Seltzer/Getty Images

May 7, 2026

Documents Show Real Reason Why the White House Wants to Break Up NCAR

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

May 6, 2026

Smokey’s Last Stand: What We Lose When President Trump Guts the Forest Service

Julian Reyes
Chief of Staff

Mario Tama/Getty Images

April 27, 2026

The Science Behind the Headlines: Understanding Attribution Science

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

USAF/Senior Airman Damon Kasberg

April 21, 2026

Terrible Team: Super El Niño and Climate Change Could Lead to Record-Breaking Global Temperatures

Marc Alessi
Science Fellow