Extreme weather

By Peter Whoriskey and Patricia Sullivan, Patricia Sullivan The Washington Post HOUSTON — The suburban Houston enclave of Meyerland has long presented a facade of prosperity...

There’s a very small but distinct possibility that rapid global warming could pose an “existential threat” to the survival of humans by 2050, UC...

Haiti, one of the world's poorest nations, struggles to feed its population of 10 million, many of whom are subsistence farmersBy Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA, Sept...

With every big coastal storm, attention turns to the role of wetlands in reducing their destructiveness. Quantifying that service, however, is a difficult thing...

Enlarge this image A smokestack rises in the background over the East Houston community of Manchester, Texas, where the air was heavy with what smelled...

There are few places as close to the roots of climate change as my hometown, Richmond, Calif. Trapped...

Op-Ed ColumnistSeptember 13, 2017Thomas L. FriedmanAmerica faces two serious national security threats today that look wildly different but have one core feature in common...

Environment Opinion George Monbiot The perpetual quest for growth drives our economics. That’s why our environment and financial system lurch from crisis to crisis <!--><!--><!--><!--> Illustration by Sébastien Thibault Environment Opinion A...

By ALEXANDER BURNSSeptember 14, 2017For years, climate change activists have faced a wrenching dilemma: how to persuade people to care about a grave but seemingly far-off...

Back-to-back hurricanes fueled by warm Atlantic waters may have altered the coasts of Texas and Florida, but there’s no indication they are shifting the...