Rachel Ramirez

Every hurricane in the Atlantic was made more intense, part of a growing trend for Earth’s most powerful storms, two new analyses have found.

Giraffe populations are declining at such an alarming rate — from habitat loss, poaching, urbanization and climate change-fueled drought — that US wildlife officials announced a proposal on Wednesday to help protect several of the species.

More than a quarter of the Northeast has been experiencing severe to extreme drought conditions with little to no rain for weeks now, according to the latest US Drought Monitor.

The number of trees threatened with extinction is more than double the number of all birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians threatened combined, according to the assessment.

While the newly developed storm-proof homes have endured a few storms since people moved in last year, Hurricanes Helene and Milton put those features to the test.

Climate change fueled abnormally high temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and worsened Hurricane Helene’s winds and rain causing ‘massive damage,’ scientists found.

Hurricane preparedness, and the way people perceive storms, needs to change as hurricanes get stronger, wetter and intensify faster.

The Klamath River dams removal project was a significant win for tribal nations on the Oregon-California border who for decades have fought to restore the river back to its natural state.

Warmer, ice-free conditions in the southeast Bering Sea are roughly 200 times more likely now than before humans began burning planet-warming fossil fuels.

12 hours ago ... Hundreds of people may have died from heat in Arizona's Maricopa County amid another record-breaking summer in the state.