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A warm and dry spring in the Pacific Northwest quickly depleted the seasonal snowpack, raising concern over summer water supplies and wildland fire risk.

Tax credits for EVs, rooftop solar, heat pumps, energy-efficient windows, and more are on the chopping block. Take advantage while you still can. The post Take advantage of these tax credits before Congress kills them appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

The ideal places to grow them could get too hot for the fruit. The post Climate change could take a bite out of the banana industry appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Fierce winds carried plumes from fires burning on the Greek island of Chíos southwest over the bright sea surface.

To fix climate, all the tools need to be on the table, experts say.

Less accurate forecasts and reduced federal support may make local officials more skittish about calling lifesaving evacuations.  The post Two major ways the Trump administration is making hurricane evacuations more difficult appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Pero ninguno de los dos estados está haciendo mucho para proteger a sus trabajadores y residentes. The post El año 2024 resultó ser mortal para Texas y Florida appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

With underground tanks and native vegetation, Cheesecake Brook is getting a climate-ready upgrade. The post Newton, Massachusetts, project turns flood problem into pollinator paradise appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

The eastern United States sweltered under high heat and humidity in late June 2025, breaking temperature records across the Midwest and Northeast.

Cities from Philly to Boston break the 100-degree mark, in some cases way ahead of schedule. The post Unprecedented June heat along the Northeast urban corridor, brought to you by climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

For thousands of years, Mongolian nomads have herded across the country’s vast steppe grassland. But as Mongolia warms more than three times faster than the global average, their future is in question.

If the world warms 1.8 degrees F more, dangerous heat waves could plague an area the size of the U.S. The post Extreme heat could threaten human health on a massive scale appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

A type of phytoplankton called coccolithophores, less common in waters off New England since around 2010, made an impressive appearance in summer 2025.

El Dr. Rafael Méndez Tejeda nos comparte la fascinante historia detrás de los nombres de los ciclones The post ¿Cómo se nombran los huracanes? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

The Atlantic’s first named storm of 2025 formed farther to the northeast than any June named storm on record, and is not a threat to any land areas. The post Tropical Storm Andrea forms in the remote central Atlantic appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

Climate journalists team up to spread the word. The post The vast majority of the global population wants climate action appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.

The landslide struck a section of the Canadian river between Whitehorse and Lake Laberge and left a heap of debris large enough to narrow the river.  

The glacier-covered Alaskan peak has a history of frequent, large avalanches.

An astronaut took this striking photo of a vast, freshwater lake in west-central Mexico, as well as the surrounding volcanic and urban landscapes.

Phytoplankton imparted brilliant blues and greens to North Sea waters near the Scottish archipelago in June 2025.