This Summer Is on Track to Be the Hottest on Record — Again
Global temperatures are breaking records for the third consecutive year, with heat waves hitting multiple continents simultaneously and straining infrastructure from power grids to food systems.
Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast: An Active Year Ahead
Meteorologists are predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season, with unusually warm ocean temperatures and favourable atmospheric conditions pointing to a busy stretch through November.
The Megadrought Gripping the American West Shows No Sign of Ending🔒 Subscriber
Reservoir levels are at historic lows, water-rights battles are intensifying, and climate projections offer little hope of relief. An investigative look at a crisis decades in the making. (Subscriber exclusive.)
Seven-Day Outlook: What's Coming for the Northeast, South, and Plains
A week of contrasts ahead: oppressive heat returns to the South, severe storms threaten the central Plains, and a refreshing cool-down brings relief to the Northeast. Here is what to expect.
The Wildfire Season That Refuses to End
Fire managers are confronting a new reality: the season is not a season anymore.
How Cities Are Redesigning Themselves for Extreme Heat
The urban heat island effect is killing people. A new generation of city planners is fighting back with trees, water, light-coloured pavement, and a radical rethinking of public space.
The Science of Winter Storms: Why Cold Snaps Are Getting Weirder🔒 Subscriber
The polar vortex is destabilising in ways that scientists are still trying to understand — and the result is winter weather that defies the patterns of the past century. (Subscriber exclusive.)
El Niño Is Fading. La Niña Is Coming. Here's What That Means for You.
The major climate pattern that shapes weather across the globe is about to flip — and the effects will be felt from the Gulf Coast to the Pacific Northwest.
The Towns on the Front Lines of Rising Seas🔒 Subscriber
Some American communities have accepted that their future lies elsewhere. The decisions they are making now — about land, money, and identity — are a preview of what many more will face. (Subscriber exclusive.)