Climate Change

Warming planet may have overwhelming impact on infectious diseases

By Zoya Teirstein, Grist

Diseases old and new are becoming more prevalent and even cropping up in places they’ve never been found before.

John Kerry visits with Chinese officials in new effort to improve climate ties

By Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told China's top diplomat on Tuesday that President Joe Biden's administration is "very committed" to stabilizing relations between the world's two biggest economies, as the countries seek to restart high-level contacts. On…

House Republicans propose ambitious reforestation plan in response to climate change

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Republicans remain opposed to government action to force emissions reductions. Instead, they have embraced the idea of planting a trillion trees.

South Korea's death toll from downpour grows to 40 as workers search for survivors

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

At least 40 people have died, 34 others are injured and more than 10,000 people have had to leave their homes since July 9, when heavy rain started pounding the country.

Northeast begins to dry out after days of relentless heavy rain, flash flooding

By Associated Press

Flash flooding hit parts of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey over the weekend.

California's Death Valley sizzles near record temperatures as brutal heat wave continues

By Seth Borenstein, Adam Beam, Associated Press

Long the hottest place on Earth, Death Valley put a sizzling exclamation point Sunday on a record warm summer that is baking nearly the entire globe by flirting with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded, meteorologists said.

Emergency heat measures in place as Southern Europe swelters

By Derek Gatopoulos, Ciarán Giles, Associated Press

Countries in southern Europe are preparing emergency measures at the start of a heat wave that is expected to push temperatures to 45 degrees Celsius (113F) in some areas over the next few days.

Extreme heat wave sears Southwest

By Eugene Garcia, Janie Har, Associated Press

More than a third of Americans are under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings as a blistering heatwave continues across the Southwest and California.

Dangerous heat wave baking U.S. Southwest brings triple digit temperatures, fire risk to California

By Christopher Weber, Associated Press

Forecasters say blistering conditions Thursday will build throughout the weekend in the central and southern parts of California, where many residents should prepare for the hottest weather of the year.

WATCH: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry spars with House Republicans ahead of Beijing trip

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Kerry leaves Sunday for meetings with his Chinese counterpart, the first extensive face-to-face climate discussions between the world's two worst climate polluters after a nearly yearlong hiatus.