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• • Emperor Penguins Have Just Been Declared Endangered

  The Antarctic Fur Seal Also Was Newly Labeled as Endangered By a Key International Group, Which Cited a Warming World

  
  

  April 9, 2026 -Two iconic South Pole species, the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal, have been officially declared endangered by the world’s leading conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their habitats caused by global warming.

  Emperor penguins were already considered near threatened due to the loss of coastal sea ice, which they rely on for raising chicks. Early ice breakup can lead to colonies falling into the ocean before chicks grow their waterproof feathers, causing the hatchlings to drown.

• • Climate Change Denial Sees a Resurgence in Trump’s Washington

  A Conference Near the White House Drew Hundreds of People Who Reject the Scientific Consensus On Climate Change

  
  

  April 9, 2026 -Climate change is a hoax perpetrated by “leftist politicians.” Fossil fuels are the greenest energy sources. More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will be harmless.

  These were some of the false claims made at a conference on Wednesday held by groups that reject the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change. What might have seemed like a fringe event in years past this time boasted a prominent keynote speaker: Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and one of President Trump’s possible choices for the next attorney general.

• • Heat Wipes Out Western Snowpack, Raising Fears of Drought, Wildfire

  A Record-Mild Winter and Blistering Spring Heat Will Mean Higher Risks of Water Shortages and Wildfires In the Months Ahead

  
  

  April 8, 2026 -After the warmest winter on record for many states and a blistering March heat wave that left almost no snow in parts of the American West, the region is facing a summer of serious wildfire risks and a drought that could force broad water restrictions.

  New measurements this month show most of the Mountain West won’t be able to rely on melting snow, the region’s largest water source, because there’s hardly any snowpack there. And while some rain is forecast in the coming weeks, any spring precipitation will likely be too little, too late, scientists said.

• • WA Declares Unprecedented Fourth Drought Emergency in a Row

  This Year the Snowpack Sits at About Half Its Normal Levels and It’s Melting Early

  
  

  April 8, 2026 -More than two months before the start of summer, Washington officials warn the state is headed for severe drought conditions not seen since the disastrous hot and dry season of 2015.

  Washington Department of Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller declared a statewide drought emergency Wednesday morning.

  This is the fourth such emergency Washington has faced, an unprecedented dry spell in state history. And the fact that state officials started ringing alarm bells so early in the year underscores just how painful they expect the summer drought to be. April 1 is typically when Washington’s mountain snowpack reaches its peak.

• • Epic Winter Drought Creates a Bleak
  Situation For Farmers — and Your Food

  If Rainfall Shortages and Record Heat Continue, the Effects May Ripple Throughout the U.S. Food Supply, With The Cost of Beef Already Surging

  
  

  April 7, 2026 -Justin Perry’s family has been farming the rolling hills of the Nebraska panhandle for four generations, but none of them can remember a winter as warm and parched as this one.

  There was no steady rain to gently soak the soil. No blanket of snow to insulate the fields and pasture. Just warm, dry winds that swept across the landscape, sucking moisture from every inch of exposed earth.

• • How Climate Change Is Reshaping Forests

  Recent Research Found Climate-Fueled Disturbances in European Forests Could More Than Double By the End of the Century

  
  

  April 7, 2026 -The world’s forests are simultaneously climate powerhouses and victims, sucking carbon from the air while facing myriad global warming impacts—from wildfires to pest outbreaks.

  Recent research found that climate change is already driving widespread disturbances in European forests and, by the end of the century, will likely transform the landscapes that communities depend on.

• • Why Our Annual April Showers Are Becoming April Storms

  Heavier Rain Events Are Becoming More Frequent and Intense Across Most of the U.S.—and Experts Say These Regions Will Be Hit the Hardest

  
  

  April 6, 2026 -After months of cold, April brings brightness to the Northern Hemisphere. Rain helps seeds germinate, brings flower blooms, and refills drinking water supplies. But too much can hinder spring planting, lead to major flooding, and damage infrastructure.

  Researchers say April showers are transforming from sprinkles into heavier storms as Earth’s temperature rises. Since the 1950s, heavier rain events have become more frequent and intense across most of the United States, according to the U.S. National Climate Assessment.

• • Warming Waters in the Gulf of Maine May Affect the Future of Lobsters

  Researchers Studying the Crustacean’s Early Life Cycles Find Clues That Can Help the Fishery That Depends On Them Plan For a Warmer Future

  
  

  April 4, 2026 -Curt Brown spent his childhood harvesting lobsters along the coast of Maine. As an adult, he went on to earn a Master of Science from the University of Maine, observing the very waters where he spent years fishing for the crustaceans.

  With a rapidly changing climate, many researchers worry that Maine’s lobsters will eventually move north to colder waters. Brown isn’t so sure, though, seeing all of the forces affecting the ecosystem as highly complex. His studies in marine biology and policy, along with his continued work as a lobsterman, have helped him understand that the lobster industry depends upon various factors, some beyond man’s control.

• • The Alaskan Permafrost is Thawing

  Here’s Why That’s So Worrying

  
  

  April 5, 2026 -Thawing permafrost is among climate science’s worst “positive feedback loops”: As the world warms, permafrost—essentially frozen soil—thaws, releasing fresh water and carbon into the environment. That release further fuels climate change, driving more warming. (Thawing permafrost has also raised concerns about unleashing new pathogens on humanity.)

  And in Alaska, the loop seems to be speeding up. In a new study, researchers tracked how thawing permafrost in a Wisconsin-sized section of the North Slope region of Alaska has added fresh water and dissolved organic carbon to estuaries off the Alaskan coast between 1980 and 2023.

• • The 2026 Southwest U.S. Heat Wave Was One of the Six
  Most Astonishing Weather Events of the Century

  From the Pacific Northwest to Antarctica, It’s Extraordinary Warmth That’s Punching Through Climate Norms With the Most Force
  
  {Yale Climate Connections}

  April 3, 2026 -The mind-blowing heat wave that gripped the southwest half of the United States in late March 2026 joins our semi-subjective top-six list of the meteorologically stunning extreme events this century that have most astonished us. Below is our list, including how the March 2026 mega-event compares to an earlier round of March climate madness.

  We know that climate change is injecting more heat into the atmosphere and ocean system. Heat is energy, which means there is more energy to power extreme weather events — particularly heat waves, droughts, and storms — that would have been virtually impossible in the 20th century.

• • Terrifying New Maps Show the Entire West
  Faces an Extreme Wildfire Threat This Summer

  Amid Drought and Heat Waves, April’s National Wildfire Forecast Shows That Nearly the Entire Western U.S. Will Face an Above-Normal Risk of Wildfires At Some Point In the Next Four Months.
  
  {ZME SCIENCE}

  April 3, 2026 -Every state in the West is expected to face an above-normal threat of wildfire this summer, according to the latest projections, released Wednesday by the National Interagency Coordination Center.

  The government-run center publishes monthly reports predicting fire risk for the four months ahead, and the change since the March outlook is staggering. The agency denotes elevated risk in red on its maps, and the June forecast from March 2 showed a small swath of rouge in the Southwest. But, citing an ongoing snow drought, rapid snowmelt, and a recent unprecedented heat wave, the latest maps feature red spilling across the Southwest and into the Rockies, Pacific Northwest, and northern California.

• • See Where Flowers and Leaves Are
  Emerging Early After Record-Warm March

  After the Most Unusually Warm Month On Record Across the U.S., the Trees and Flowers Have Taken Notice

  
  

  April 1, 2026 -Temperatures were a whopping 7 degrees above average across the country during March, and it was shockingly toasty in the West, where temperatures were summerlike.

  That means flowers are blooming in the Mid-Atlantic and Central states, and you may notice pollen wafting through the air — depending on where you live.

• • Warming Climate Could Expose Antarctica’s
  Hidden Trove Of Precious Metals

  Melting Ice, Rebounding Land, and Rising Seas Will Change What Resources Are Available in Antarctica
  
  {ZME SCIENCE}

  April 1, 2026 -A warming climate could expose a Pennsylvania-sized chunk of ice-free land in Antarctica by 2300, which could drastically reshape Antarctic geopolitics as well as the continent’s geography.

  A study published in Nature Climate Change is the first to incorporate glacial isostatic adjustment—how land beneath heavy ice sheets uplifts after the ice retreats—into projections of ice-free land emergence in Antarctica. The results reveal that climate change could expose potentially valuable mineral resources that may spur renegotiations of the international treaties that currently govern Antarctica.

• • The Warm, Dry Winter Has Left Firefighters in Wyoming Nervous

  A National Forecast Underscored the Elevated Risk of Wildfire Across the West, Which Just Experienced a Climate Change-Fueled Heatwave After a Winter With Little Snow

  
  

  April 1, 2026 -On the heels of one of the warmest and driest winters on record, parts of Wyoming show “significant fire potential” this spring and summer, according to a national forecast released on April 1.

  The U.S. has set or is approaching records for the number of wildfires ignited and the acreage burned by March, and Wyoming firefighters and district managers have already responded to blazes across the state. While the National Weather Service forecasts rain and snow for parts of Wyoming this week, many firefighters in the state are nervous about the potential for huge, quickly spreading conflagrations this summer.

• • Rapid Snow Melt-Off in American West Stuns Scientists

  Experts Say Brutal March Heat has Left Critical Snowpack at Record-Low Levels

  
  

  April 1, 2026 -Snow surveys taking place across the American west this week are offering a grim prognosis, after a historically warm winter and searing March temperatures left the critical snowpack at record-low levels across the region.

  Experts warned that even as the heat begins to subside, the stunning pace of melt-off over the past month has left key basins in uncharted territory for the dry seasons ahead. Though there’s still potential for more snow in the forecast, experts said it will probably be too little too late.

• • In New England, Catching Climate Data Along With Fish

  Commercial Vessels Are Deploying High-Tech Sensors to Map a Shifting Sea, Providing Critical Data For Scientists and Some Help For the Industry

  
  

  April 1, 2026 -When Bob Hersey Jr., a Maine lobsterman, pulls up his traps, he gets more than tasty crustaceans. He’s collecting vital details about the changing ocean environment.

  Mr. Hersey, who also dives for sea urchins, is among nearly 150 fishermen who have installed temperature sensors on their traps or trawl nets from Maine to North Carolina as part of a program run by a nonprofit organization with help from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

• • Fifth of Arabica Coffee Growing Area to Be Unsuitable By 2050

  Blame It On Climate Change

  
  

  Mar. 30, 2026 -Climate change could result in 20% of current arabica coffee growing areas being classified as unsuitable by 2050, Rabobank forecast in ?a report on Monday.

  Currently, 8% of arabica-growing areas -- found in countries including Brazil, Colombia and Honduras among others -- are unsuitable for cultivation, where crops require more investment and produce lower yields, the bank said.

• • Severe Weather Risks Dot Central U.S. as Calendar Turns to April

  The Stormy Spate Comes Amid a Season Uptick In Expected Severe Weather Chances

  
  

  Mar. 30, 2026 -The calendar is flipping to April, and with it comes an atmospheric shift more conducive to severe thunderstorms and heavy rains over much of the United States. That includes expected severe weather this week.

  Multiple days of severe weather are expected through Saturday, with at least some potential for a few tornadoes Wednesday and Friday. As Gulf of Mexico waters, already milder than average, continue to warm, more moisture will waft north over the central states. It’s why the spring months tend to be the most prolific for tornado activity in the U.S. — particularly April and May.

• • ‘Gargantuan,’ Melon-Size Hail May Be More Common Than We Realize

  Scientists See Signs That the Risk to Property is Increasing, and in the Great Plains, a Team of Scientists Races to Document the Evidence Before It Melts

  
  

  Mar. 29, 2026 -In April, storm chaser Connor Healey was tracking a severe thunderstorm near South Plains, a rural town about 60 miles north-northeast of Lubbock in the Texas Panhandle. The storm was rotating and was gearing up to produce a tornado. It wasn’t raining, so Healey navigated to the perfect position.

  Suddenly, as Healey’s dash-cam footage shows, a white blur can be seen streaking across a backdrop of dark, roiling clouds. Like an icy meteor, a rogue chunk of hail hurtled into the frame from above, barreling toward the ground at estimated speeds exceeding 120 mph. It slammed into the dirt road, disintegrating into a violent explosion of icy shards. It appeared as wide as the utility pole next to it.

• • The Vast Promise – And Uncertain Future – Of Carbon Removals

  The U.N. Estimates That Current Policies Put the World On Track to Warm By 2.8C This Century Beyond the Globally Agreed-Upon Warming Limit of 2C
  
  {EARTH.ORG}

  Mar. 27, 2026 -As global emission reduction targets lag behind schedule, the pressure is mounting to actively remove planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. While new engineered techniques are emerging to supplement traditional nature-based methods, they are plagued by concerns that they provide heavy polluters a “get out of jail free” card – allowing them to emit now and bank on unproven future removals.

  Living things and geological processes have been taking carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air since the planet’s earliest days. However, continuous overshoot of climate goals has brought new immediacy to the need for an alternative to reduction-only strategies, and solutions for human-made carbon removal are gaining momentum.

• • This Year’s US Wildfires Have Already Set Records
  That Could Foreshadow a Smoky, Fiery Summer

  How Drought, Paltry Western Snows and Unseasonable Heat, All Exacerbated By Climate Change, Could Be Priming the U.S. for a Long Wildfire Season

  
  

  Mar. 27, 2026 -As the Western United States limps away from one of the warmest and driest winters on record, wildfires have burned over 127 percent more acreage so far in 2026 than the 10-year average, potentially setting the stage for a long, fiery summer.

  Updated data from the National Interagency Fire Center on the number of ignitions and total acres burned through March 27 shows the country has experienced over 15,000 starts that have consumed more than 1.5 million acres so far this year. The 10-year averages through March 27 are about 9,195 starts and 664,792 acres burned.

• • The Vast Promise – And Uncertain Future – Of Carbon Removals

  As Global Emission Reduction Targets Lag Behind Schedule, the Pressure Mounts to Actively Remove Planet-Warming Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere
  
  {EARTH.ORG}

  Mar. 27, 2026 -Living things and geological processes have been taking carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air since the planet’s earliest days. However, continuous overshoot of climate goals has brought new immediacy to the need for an alternative to reduction-only strategies, and solutions for human-made carbon removal are gaining momentum.

  The United Nations estimates that current policies put the world on track to warm by 2.8C this century, well beyond the globally agreed-upon warming limit of 2C.

• • Tennis Courts Serve Up an Unexpected Climate Solution

  Researchers Have Found That Green Clay Tennis Courts Are Able to Absorb Massive Amounts of CO2 Via Enhanced Rock Weathering

  
  

  March 26, 2026 -It’s probably not what most tennis players are thinking about as they focus on the ball whizzing over the net towards them, but the court they are playing tennis on could be playing a role in combating climate change.

  A new study has found that tennis courts made of green clay are able to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide via a process called enhanced rock weathering. In the US alone, green clay courts sequester more than 25,000 metric tons of CO2 per year. And 80% of green clay courts generate net negative emissions within 10 years, according to the study published in the journal Applied Geochemistry

• • Arctic Sea Ice Hits Lowest Winter Level as
  Unprecedented Heat Smashes Records All Over Earth

  The Sea Ice is Crucial to Earth’s Climate Because Without it Reflecting Sunlight, More Heat Energy Goes Into the Oceans
  
  {NBC NEWS}

  Mar. 27, 2026 -Arctic sea ice levels, especially in the summer, are crucial to Earth’s climate because without the ice reflecting sunlight, more heat energy goes into the oceans. Ice of all kinds around the poles acts as Earth’s refrigerator. Wildlife, such as polar bears and seals, also depend on sea ice. Lack of sea ice in the Arctic creates new shipping routes and in doing so causes geopolitical disruptions, making once-ignored places such as Greenland, more desirable.

  The shrinking Arctic sea ice was announced Thursday as temperatures broke March heat records across the United States, all over Mexico, in Australia, across Northern Africa and through parts of Northern Europe. Climatologist and weather historian Maximiliano Herrera, who tracks extreme temperatures, called the extreme March temperatures “by far the most extreme heat event in world climatic history” and said on social media that the next few days would be “much worse.”

• • Climate-Fueled Wildfires and Dust Storms Drove
  Up Air Pollution Around the World Last Year

  A New Report Shows Air Pollution Threatens the Majority of the World’s Population

  
  

  Mar. 24, 2026 -A new report on global air pollution shows that the majority of the world’s population breathes unhealthy air, and climate change is making the problem worse.

  The report was published Tuesday by IQAir, a Swiss air monitor and purifier company that posts real-time air quality data aggregated from sensors around the world. It shows that in 2025, most of the world’s cities were plagued with unhealthy levels of air pollution, and that climate-driven wildfires and dust storms as well as the continued burning of fossil fuels are driving toxic air across borders and worsening the problem.

• • Wildfires Rip Through Unusual Parts of U.S.

  Raising Fears of a Brutal Season

  
  

  Mar. 24, 2026 -By late March, Nebraska was already in the throes of a historic wildfire event that had burned more than a half-million acres. In South Dakota and Wyoming, strong, dry winds are flaring up big blazes. Dozens of residents in two Colorado counties had to evacuate over the weekend as record hot temperatures and extremely low humidity fueled the rapid spread of fires in the parched brush. And until last week, it was still technically winter.

  Wildfires are ripping across the Great Plains, and other flare-ups are popping up in Arizona and Colorado remarkably early in the season. Firefighters and experts are watching these giant red splotches of burning forest and grasslands with alarm, warning that the timing, ingredients fueling their startling growth, and what they signal about the fire season ahead is a recipe for concern — perhaps signaling an expanding frontier for fire risk in broader patches of the western half of the United States.

• • The Mystery of Antarctica’s Bleeding Glacier

  A Red Stain In Antarctica Turns Out to Be a Pressure Signal, Exposing Active Water Movement Beneath One of Earth’s Coldest Glaciers

  
  

  Mar. 24, 2026 -At first glance, it looks like a crime scene—a deep crimson stain spilled across the blinding white ice. Every so often, the streak deepens and fresh red liquid seeps out of Antarctica’s Taylor Glacier. It looks like the ice itself is bleeding.

  For over a century, the phenomenon known as Blood Falls has stumped scientists. Not necessarily because it’s red, but because it flows. In an environment this cold, water is supposed to be locked solid. Liquids shouldn’t flow, and pressure shouldn’t build. Yet, something deep beneath the ice has been pushing back.

• • Earth’s Climate Records Are Melting

  “We Have Only 5 Meters Left

  
  

  Mar. 23, 2026 -In 2019, researchers collected a 9.5-meter ice core from Austria’s Weißseespitze ice cap, which covers the top sections of Gepatschferner Glacier in the eastern Alps, near the Austrian-Italian border. They analyzed 18 trace elements and organic acids in the core to paint a picture of Earth’s climate and atmosphere over more than a thousand years.

  But Weißseespitze Glacier is melting quickly: As of 2025, the ice was only 5.5 meters thick in the area where scientists collected the core.

• • Earth Being ‘Pushed Beyond Its Limits’
  as Energy Imbalance Reaches Record High

  Earth’s Energy has Moved Dangerously Out of Balance, With Oceans Absorbing Vast Majority of Trapped Heat

  
  

  Mar. 23, 2026 -Our home planet is struggling with a record energy imbalance, which is warming oceans to unprecedented levels, making weather more extreme and threatening health and food supplies, the World Meteorological Organization has warned.

  The U.N. body confirmed 2015 to 2025 were the hottest 11 years ever measured, but a still bleaker message was that the rising temperature experienced by humans on the surface was only 1% of the faster-accumulating heat in the wider Earth system.

• • Jakarta Rapidly Sinks as Climate Change and Overdevelopment Collide

  Across the U.S. and Around the World, Coastal Cities Are Grappling With Rising Seas and Worsening Floods
  
  {PBS NEWS}
  
  

  Mar. 19, 2026 -Across the U.S. and around the world, coastal cities are grappling with rising seas and worsening floods. Now a look at a place facing those threats on an even larger scale.

  Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, now the world's largest city and home to 42 million people, is sinking rapidly, as climate change and overdevelopment collide.

  For our climate series tipping point, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports now from North Jakarta.

• • Farmers Markets Adjust as Climate Change Extends Growing Season

  A New Climate Central Analysis Finds Human-Caused Climate Change Drives Warmer Springs in 98% of 241 Major U.S. Cities.

  
  

  Mar. 24, 2026 -Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirms 84% of United States cities now experience at least an additional week of warmer-than-normal spring days than they did in the 1970s. That’s good news for some warm weather crops, not so great for cool weather crops and areas dependent on snow-fed water. It also significantly impacts what kinds of produce farmers markets provide and when.

  Across the globe, climate change is affecting water levels, insect populations and migration patterns, as well as growing conditions. Researchers with the International Food Policy Research Institute project suitable croplands for corn, potatoes, rice and wheat will shift radically within the next 25 years; in some cases, farmers will be forced to plant new crops. Closer to home, the effects are being felt in grocery stores and farmers markets. As seasons shift, farmers bring different foods to market, while grocers use industrial methods to extend seasonality.

• • After a Glimpse of Hope, WA’s Snowpack Dips Back Into the Red

  With So Little Snow Remaining in the Mountains, Washington is All But Certain to Succumb to Its Fourth Severe Drought in a Row

  
  

  Mar. 24, 2026 -That layer of clean, white snow across Western Washington’s lowlands and mountaintops sure was nice while it lasted.

  But the abnormally warm winter temperatures that followed melted much of that precious winter snowpack away, the water it held now drifting out to sea. Hope of another snowy miracle in the mountains dwindles with each passing day as drought predictions for the summer ahead pick up almost where they left off last month.

• • Report Shows Earth’s Climate is Out of
  Balance, as Indicators Hit New Extremes

  As Warning Lights Flash, U.N. Secretary Gen. António Guterres Calls Out a Global Climate Emergency

  
  

  Mar. 23, 2026 -The world is in a state of climate emergency, the head of the United Nations declared Sunday, following the release of the latest State of the Global Climate report from the World Meteorological Organization.

  “Earth is being pushed beyond its limits while every key climate indicator is flashing red,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. “Earth’s energy imbalance, the gap between heat absorbed and heat released, is the highest on record. Our planet is trapping heat faster than it can shed it.”

• • Where Summer-Like Heat Has Shattered Records

  Where It Will Spread Next

  
  

  Mar. 23, 2026 -A record-breaking heat dome will continue to bring abnormally warm temperatures across the West this week as some of its summer-like heat spreads east.

  At least 14 states have preliminarily broken their March high temperature record. On Thursday, a new national temperature record for March of 110 degrees was set in Arizona. That stood for one day — until it reached 112 degrees in Arizona and California on Friday. Now, around 540 additional high-temperature records are forecast to be neared, tied or broken across 28 states from coast-to-coast.

• • Earth’s Climate is Out of Balance, as Indicators Hit New Extremes

  As Warning Lights Flash, U.N. Secretary Gen. António Guterres Calls Out a Global Climate Emergency

  
  

  Mar. 23, 2026 -The world is in a state of climate emergency, the head of the United Nations declared Sunday, following the release of the latest State of the Global Climate report from the World Meteorological Organization.

  “Earth is being pushed beyond its limits while every key climate indicator is flashing red,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. “Earth’s energy imbalance, the gap between heat absorbed and heat released, is the highest on record. Our planet is trapping heat faster than it can shed it.”

• • Groundbreaking Study Finds a Natural Way to Fight Climate Change

  Beavers Have a Surprisingly Efficient Method of Safely Storing CO2
  
  {USA TODAY}
  
  

  Mar. 22, 2026 -Forget groundhogs and their weather predictions. Now, fellow critters – beavers – are actually doing their part to combat climate change, one dam at a time, a new study says.

  The new research, published on March 18 in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, has, for the first time, calculated the carbon dioxide emitted and sequestered due to engineering work by beavers in suitable wetland areas.

• • The Balance That Keeps Climate Stable Is Out of Whack

  The Continued Burning of Fossil Fuels is Locking Heat in Earth’s Atmosphere, Oceans and Land — Instead of Allowing It to Reflect Back Into Space

  
  

  Mar. 22, 2026 -The Earth is out of balance.

  That’s the message from a United Nations report released late Sunday that looked at how much energy from the sun is absorbed by the Earth or reflected back into space.

  Researchers found the gap between the two is the biggest since measurements began in 1960, meaning more of the sun’s heat energy is now staying on Earth. And that energy imbalance is heating up the oceans, atmosphere, and frozen regions of the world, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Global Climate report.

• • Hawaii Assesses Damage Left By Worst Flooding In More Than 20 Years

  People Evacuated On Oahu And Maui As Rains Lifted Houses and Cars, Swept Through Stores and Left Streets Mud-Clogged

  
  

  Mar. 21, 2026 -Hawaii is assessing the extensive damage left by the worst flooding the islands have seen in more than 20 years.

  Heavy rains and floodwater forced thousands on the North Shore of Oahu to evacuate over the weekend and triggered evacuation orders for parts of Maui. Floodwater from rains lifted houses and cars, inundated farms and swept through grocery stores on the islands, leaving behind a thick layer of mud.

• • E.P.A. Chief to Headline Event by
  Group That Says There’s No Climate Crisis

  Lee Zeldin, the Agency Administrator, Will Address a Heartland Institute Forum in April

  
  

  Mar. 20, 2026 -Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will be the opening speaker at a conference next month sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a group that rejects the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, the organization has announced.

  President Trump routinely mocks climate change as a “hoax” and his administration has rolled back protections for air and water, and has tried to give up the power to regulate greenhouse gases. Yet scientists and one former Republican E.P.A. administrator still expressed alarm at the idea of the nation’s chief environmental official speaking at an event for a research organization that argues there is “no such thing” as climate-driven floods, hurricanes and extreme heat.

• • An Arizona Community Just Broke
  the March National Temperature Record

  It Reached An Astonishing 110 Degrees on Thursday Near the Desert Community of Martinez Lake

  
  

  Mar. 20, 2026 -A new U.S. national high temperature record for the month of March was just set.It reached an astonishing 110 degrees on Thursday near the desert community of Martinez Lake, Arizona, about 150 miles west of Phoenix — on the last full day of winter.

  That broke the previous March record of 108 degrees, set in South Texas in 1954 and matched in 2020.

• • Linking a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease
  Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

  This Year’s Building El Niño Could Spread More of the Disease

  
  

  Mar. 20, 2026 -Every year, mosquitoes in mostly tropical and subtropical countries cause millions of cases of dengue fever, a virus that induces potentially lethal flu-like symptoms. Cases surged in 2019, after rising for decades, making dengue one of the World Health Organization’s top-10 global health threats and the fastest-growing mosquito-borne disease.

  In 2023, 6.5 million people contracted dengue and more than 6,800 people died in what was the largest outbreak of the disease ever recorded—until the following year, when cases doubled. South America saw record outbreaks in both years, with hotspots in Brazil and Peru. Many factors may have contributed to these grim milestones, the WHO concluded, including a strong El Niño, when warmer ocean waters can trigger heavy rains and flooding in the tropics.

• • The Weather Is Getting Wilder

  Some See a Dire Signal in the Data

  
  

  Mar. 19, 2026 -Scientists who study global warming are currently wrestling with a question that, while seemingly technical, is profoundly consequential: Is climate change accelerating?

  The debate spilled into the open this month, after new research found that the rate of global warming has nearly doubled over the last decade. The findings set scientific circles buzzing, and not all researchers agree with the conclusion.

• • Wondering How to Talk About Climate Change?

  Take a Lesson from Bad Bunny

  
  

  Mar. 19, 2026 -When Bad Bunny climbed onto broken power lines during his Super Bowl halftime show, millions of viewers saw a spectacle. Climate communicators saw a lesson in how to talk about climate change.

  The performance, which drew more than 100 million U.S. viewers last month, highlighted Puerto Rico’s fragile electricity system, ravaged by hurricanes exacerbated by climate change. For Josh Garrett, CEO of Redwood Climate Communications, the display showcased how pop culture can effectively deliver climate messages to wide audiences.

• • How WA Ski Areas Fared This Strange Season

  From Bluewood to Crystal Mountain

  
  

  Mar. 19, 2026 -The offseason might be a good time to rechoreograph that snow dance, Washingtonians.

  It’s been a disappointing season for snow sport enthusiasts across the state, starting with delayed openings and roads that washed out as a result of December’s atmospheric river. Then, as things got up and running at the top of this year, it became a waiting game for snow.

  In some areas, the wait for proper snow grew so long that smaller community ski areas began to face the reality that they might not have an opportunity to open at all this season.

• • Is Your State Becoming Uninsurable? Here's the Latest Data

  Home Insurance is Buckling Under Climate Risk and Construction Trends

  
  

  Mar. 18, 2026 - n recent years, as the United States has suffered a series of damaging climate disasters, experts have warned that the nation is headed toward a homeowner’s insurance crisis. Insurance companies dropped hundreds of thousands of customers who live in areas vulnerable to hurricanes and wildfires, and numerous small insurers have gone belly-up after big disasters. This has led some to forecast that a broader market failure in disaster-prone states is looming, or even a housing market collapse.

  That has not happened yet. But in the meantime, insurance has gotten a lot more expensive — and the price hikes are not going anywhere. A new nationwide report from the insurance price comparison firm Insurify found that the average American homeowner’s insurance bill rose 12 percent last year, reaching $2,948 per year, and will rise another 4 percent this year.

• • Arctic Sea Ice Hits Lowest Winter Level as
  Unprecedented Heat Smashes Records All Over Earth

  Sea Ice is Crucial to Earth’s Climate Because Without It Reflecting Sunlight, More Heat Energy Goes Into the Oceans
  
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  Mar. 18, 2026 -Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents.

  Arctic sea ice levels, especially in the summer, are crucial to Earth’s climate because without the ice reflecting sunlight, more heat energy goes into the oceans. Ice of all kinds around the poles acts as Earth’s refrigerator. Wildlife, such as polar bears and seals, also depend on sea ice. Lack of sea ice in the Arctic creates new shipping routes and in doing so causes geopolitical disruptions, making once-ignored places such as Greenland, more desirable.

• • It’s So Hot in the West That Temperatures
  May Even Break April Records Soon

  100-Degree Temperatures Are Hitting the West in Late Winter

  
  

  Mar. 18, 2026 -It’s been the warmest March on record so far across the United States, in terms of daytime high temperatures. And now, unprecedented heat for this time of year is expanding and intensifying across the West.

  Not only will temperatures break March monthly records, but this heat wave will even break April records. Over the next week, around 800 high temperature records are forecast to be neared, tied or broken at 165 locations in Western and Central states — some by more than 10 degrees — with unusual warmth set to linger into late March.

• • The World’s Worst Mega-Leaks of Methane Driving Global Heating

  Fixing a Leak Can Be Simple and Equivalent to Closing a Coal Power Station, Making Lack of Action Maddening

  
  

  Mar. 17, 2026 -The world’s worst mega-leaks of the potent greenhouse gas methane in 2025 have been revealed by an analysis of satellite data.

  The super-polluting plumes from oil and gas facilities have a colossal heating impact on the climate but often result from poor maintenance and can be simple to fix. The assessment found dozens of mega-leaks, each having the same global heating impact as a coal-fired power station.

• • How a Melting Glacier Could Affect Tens of Millions Around the Globe

  A Collapse of the Thwaites Glacier In Antarctica Would Sharply Accelerate Sea-Level Rise In Coastal Cities

  
  

  Mar. 17, 2026 -Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which is melting at an alarming rate. If it breaks apart entirely, it could push up global sea levels by two feet over the course of several decades, affecting tens of millions worldwide, according to a New York Times analysis.

  These are just the minimum effects that Thwaites’s disintegration would be likely to have on the world’s coastlines. As the glacier breaks apart, global warming will raise sea levels even higher by melting the ice from Greenland and causing oceans to expand in volume. And Thwaites acts as a plug, holding back many of the Antarctic glaciers on land around it. If it collapses, they could break apart and spill into the sea as well.

• • A Rare Tornado Threat Covers Mid-Atlantic, Including D.C. Area

  A Level 4 Out of 5 Risk Covers the Region From Maryland to South Carolina, With Ferocious Winds and Tornadoes Possible

  
  

  Mar. 16, 2026 -A significant severe weather outbreak is underway Monday across the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the Carolinas, including the risk for widespread, damaging, straight-line wind gusts; hail; and a few strong tornadoes.

  As of midday, tornado watches stretch from the Florida Panhandle northeastward through portions of the Carolinas, much of Virginia and Maryland, including D.C. Additional watches are likely through the afternoon and into the evening.

• • Skier at Summit at Snoqualmie Rescued From Deep Snow Immersion

  Snoqualmie Saw Almost Six Feet of snow in the Last Week, According to the Resort’s Mountain Report

  
  

  Mar. 16, 2026 -A skier was rescued after falling and becoming stuck under an estimated 40 inches of snow Friday at the Summit at Snoqualmie ski resort.

  Ian Deans, a professional skier, was skiing and shooting a video for Summit when on his third run of the day — and the first run that the lifts were open to the public — he noticed some legs in the air.

• • Highway 410 Reopens After 3 Days

  Crystal Mountain in ‘Full Swing’

  
  

  Mar. 15, 2026 -Highway 410 reopened Sunday, following a three-day closure caused by a blast of wintry weather that cut off access to the slopes.

  An unusual mid-March snow and windstorm last week resulted in Highway 410 being closed in both directions Friday afternoon from Farman Street in Enumclaw to Greenwater because of ice, snow and downed trees, the Department of Transportation said in an alert.

• • These 11 Cities Could See Heavy Snow
  Or Severe Thunderstorms This Weekend

  Snow Totals of 10 to 30 Inches Will Be Widespread With Some Spots Nearing 40 Inches.

  
  

  Mar. 14, 2026 -A severe late-season winter storm unfolds this weekend and into Monday across the northern tier of the central United States. The worst of the snow and wind and the likelihood of blizzard conditions is expected to target a stretch from the northern Plains to the Great Lakes.

  Around 14 million people, mainly in the Upper Midwest, can expect moderate to locally extreme winter weather impacts from the storm.

• • Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave
  Descends on Already Parched Western U.S.

  The Heat Wave Could Further Lower Water Availability in the Region, Which Has Seen Staggeringly Low Levels of Snowpack This Year

  
  

  Mar. 13, 2026 -An early-season heat wave is descending across the Western United States, likely to bring record-shattering temperatures to much of the region.

  Temperatures already climbed into the 90s on Thursday in states such as Arizona and California and are expected to peak on Friday before the dome expands to the Mountain West and parts of Oregon next week. The abnormal weather is largely caused by a high-pressure system trapping heat from unusually warm Pacific Ocean waters.

• • Subway Heat Complaints Spike by 27% for
  Every Single Degree the Temperature Rises Outside

  A New Study Maps Subway Misery Beneath Three Major Cities

  
  

  Mar. 13, 2026 -Commuters have long complained that subway platforms can feel unbearable in hot weather. A new study from Northwestern University suggests those complaints reflect a clear and measurable pattern.

  Writing in Nature Cities, Giorgia Chinazzo and Alessandro Rotta Loria analyzed more than 85,000 posts from X and Google Reviews published between 2008 and 2024, and identified more than 22,000 complaints about heat across the subway systems of New York, Boston and London. They found that as temperatures rose above ground, complaints about heat underground rose too.

• • A Late-Winter Snowstorm is About to Hit
  the Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes

  Bonsai Artists Are Preserving Native Species in Miniature.

  
  

  Mar. 13, 2026 -A sprawling and powerful late-winter storm is about to blast the northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes into southeastern Canada. It will bring heavy snow measured in feet, plus high wind that will lower visibility while buffeting a large region with a risk for damage and power outages.

  On its cold side to the north and west of the track, the storm is expected to drop a zone of 12 to 36 inches of snowfall from the eastern Dakotas through the north-central Great Lakes and into Ontario province.

• • How a Species Evolved Fast Enough to Save Itself From Extinction

  The Scarlet Monkeyflower’s Rapid Adaptation to Drought Has Given Some Scientists Hope for Species’ Survival Amid Climate Change

  
  

  Mar. 12, 2026 -All through the long and punishing drought, the little red flowers kept dying. The water-loving plants couldn’t survive amid such scorching summers and winters with no rain. By 2015 — the peak of California’s worst drought in at least 10,000 years — the scarlet monkeyflower had all but vanished from its creekside habitat in Sequoia National Park.

  But as the drought eased, the monkeyflowers reemerged with a vengeance. Their showy blooms danced beneath a canopy of redwood trees. Hummingbirds flocked to sip the rich nectar at their hearts. Against all odds, this isolated population of fragile, fleeting flowers was thriving once again.

• • A Record Heat Dome is About to Hit the West — in March

  For Millions of People, It Will Feel Like Summer During The Final Days of Winter. That Will Worsen the Region’s Drought

  
  

  Mar. 12, 2026 -A record-breaking heat dome will develop near the West Coast late this week, smashing records and sending temperatures into the triple digits through next week — when it will feel like summer during the final days of winter.

  This follows the warmest start to March on record for the United States.

  There are many potential firsts for March on the horizon: It could reach 100 degrees in Los Angeles next week, after record-breaking 95-degree heat on Thursday and Friday. In Phoenix next week, temperatures could exceed 100 degrees several times. It could also reach the century mark in Las Vegas.

• • Reaching Net Zero By 2050 ‘Cheaper
  For Uk Than One Fossil Fuel Crisis’

  Climate Change Committee Finds Move to Renewable Energy Would Also Bring Health, Economic and Security Benefits

  
  

  Mar. 11, 2026 -Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast.

  Eliminating the UK’s reliance on fossil fuels by adopting renewable energy and green technologies, such as electric vehicles and heat pumps, would be the best and most cost-effective option for the future economy, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) found.

• • Why the Clean Air Act Was Never a ‘Good Fit’ For Climate

  The lawyers Who Successfully Won the Law’s Climate Authority Once Thought of It As a Placeholder For Stronger Legislation
  
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  Mar. 6, 2026 -Three presidents have used the Clean Air Act to curb planet-warming pollution. If President Donald Trump gets his way, they will be the last.

  But the 1963 law has always been an imperfect and insufficient vehicle to address climate change. Just ask the lawyers who worked on the landmark 2007 Supreme Court case that affirmed the law allows EPA to regulate greenhouse gases.

  “No one thought the Clean Air Act provided the best template for addressing climate change,” said Richard Lazarus, a Harvard Law School professor and author of “The Rule of Five” book on the Massachusetts vs. EPA case. “It was clear there was authority, but the hope was that it would help prompt new legislation.”

• • The Strange and Persistent Psychological
  Distance Between Us and Climate Disaster

  An Analysis of Dozens of Previously Published Studies Reveals People Systematically Underestimate Their Own Vulnerability to Climate Threats

  
  

  Mar. 10, 2026 -Most people think climate change will primarily affect other people, a new analysis of previously published research reveals.

  The findings illustrate a well-known cognitive bias known as “overoptimism,” specifically a variety called “overplacement,” which describes how people tend to rate their own risks as less likely and less severe than those of others.

• • Extreme Heat Now Affects One in Three People Globally, Study Finds

  Rising Temperatures Making It Hard Even For Young, Healthy People to Safely Do Normal Physical Tasks in Many Regions

  
  

  Mar. 10, 2026 -Climate breakdown is shrinking the amount of time that people can safely go about their lives, according to a study that shows a third of the world’s population now resides in areas where heat severely limits activity.

  Rising temperatures, driven by the continued burning of fossil fuels, are making it difficult even for many young, healthy adults to do basic physical activities, such as housework or walking up stairs during daylight hours at the height of the summer, the report warns.

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