Abrahm Lustgarten

One of the country’s most important sources of fresh water is in peril, the latest victim of the accelerating climate crisis.

Warming will bring enormous economic costs. Cutting emissions now will save money later.

Warming will bring enormous economic costs. Cutting emissions now will save money later.

Across the Caribbean, soaring national debt is a hidden but decisive aspect of the climate crisis, hobbling countries’ ability to protect themselves from disaster. One island’s leader is fighting to find a way out.

As conditions that best support life shift toward the poles, more than 600 million people are already living outside of a crucial “climate niche,” facing more extreme heat, rising food scarcity and higher death rates.

The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.

As people move away from flooding and heat, new research suggests that those who remain will be older, poorer and more vulnerable.

Climate change and anti-immigrant hate are colliding, foretelling a volatile future.

Americans have long accumulated wealth by owning their homes, but a new study predicts that spiking insurance rates and climate disasters now herald an era of widespread losses.

The change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues.