As the planet's oceans are gradually warmed by the effects of climate change, a huge area in the North Atlantic stands out as an unusual zone of relative cooling. A region that stretches roughly ...

Many areas of western North Carolina affected by flooding had FEMA flood maps that were 12 to 15 years old, according to Anna Weber, a senior policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense ...

A push to reduce insulation requirements in the Far North has the district council formally requesting a separate climate zone to lower building costs. Far North District Council wrote to the ...

President Trump is taking the first trip of his term on Friday to North Carolina and California, visiting communities grappling with recovery from natural disasters.. In Fletcher, N.C., Trump is ...

Erosion takes toll on North Carolina's vulnerable Outer Banks 03:52. Buxton, North Carolina — Living on North Carolina's Outer Banks, photographer Daniel Pullen has seen the thin line between ...

Over the short term, western North Carolina’s tight-knit food and farming community is helping farmers recover. RAFI, ASAP, and other groups are offering small grants and helping connect farmers to ...

She said flooding in North Carolina’s mountains shows that the impact of climate change goes beyond coastal areas. “This is a wakeup call. The whole state can flood,” she said.

Western North Carolina, and specifically the Asheville area, had been considered a possible refuge from the impacts of climate change, but it is now suffering some of the worst devastation from Hur… ...

To Cory Vaillancourt, the only scene comparable to the one unfolding in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene is a war zone. Nearly two years ago, the Smoky Mountain News politics editor ...

Asheville, North Carolina, has been called a potential safe haven for climate refugees by real estate researchers, praised for its temperate mountain weather, distance far from the coast ...