Eric Roston

Small countries prone to extreme weather may face the highest sovereign risks from climate change in coming years, according to new research.

The US officially exited the Paris Agreement on Jan. 27. It’s the second time President Donald Trump has pulled out of the pact that commits almost 200 countries to keep global warming to no more than 2C (3.6F), and ideally 1.5C, above pre-industrial levels.

The past three years have been the hottest on record, marked by deadly and costly wildfires and flooding. Even as scientists warn that the pace of global warming is accelerating, President Donald Trump has escalated his retreat from global cooperation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Last year was one of the warmest on record, even with a La Niña weather cycle that worked to cool the world down.

The world’s biggest Earth science conference had a shocking backdrop this year, with the Trump administration announcing that it plans to close an iconic climate research lab. Suffice to say, that changed the tone of the gathering.

It’s been labeled “scientific vandalism” and “a national security risk.” The Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research has outraged scientists and policymakers.

The US plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a key climate-science hub in Boulder, Colorado, which the Trump administration says strayed from its mission decades ago by taking up climate change research. The announcement came as a shock to the scientific community as well as Colorado officials, who have vowed to fight the proposal.

Electricity can replace natural gas to provide the low- and medium-grade heat needed to make food, paper and chemicals.

Property owners and buyers need more information on climate dangers. But pinpointing them is hard, even for experts.

Zillow’s climate risk scores have disappeared from home listings, but the risks themselves are very real. Modeling those threats down to the home level, though, is challenging.