Wildfires, droughts, increased electricity demand, impacts on agriculture and tourism: with climate change they have not only become permanent but are intensifying. And making it even more challenging ...

Summer has increasingly become a season marked by deadly disasters, underscoring the escalating volatility of our warming world.

Water scarcity stands as a leading indicator of climate change, demanding urgent attention. Water is no longer just a ...

Researchers say that a continually warming world could change the climate in historically rainy parts of the world and their ...

Climate change and its influence on water systems increases the cost of electricity system decarbonization. Nature Communications, 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54162-9 ...

Supply of popular fruit in limbo as changing weather patterns threaten crops: 'Some researchers are even tossing around the word 'extinction'' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The price of oranges, for example, has increased by 26% since 2019 due to rising labor costs, lingering supply chain issues, ...

Lake Mead, the country's largest man-made water reservoir, on the Colorado River. Lake Mead's historically low water levels between 2000 and 2021 marked the driest period in 1,200 years.

The number of dams in the United States at risk of overtopping is increasing, "threatening their structural integrity and downstream communities." ...

Even a toddler knows that plants need water. It's perhaps the first thing we learn about these green life-forms. But how ...