WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides a comprehensive assessment of the current capabilities of extreme event attribution (EEA) — a ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ attitudes toward and experiences with extreme weather. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,085 U.S. adults from April 28 to May 4, 2025.

Climate change is driving up the danger from extreme weather events. Hurricanes and other storms, wildfires, and droughts are increasing in severity, with devastating consequences for communities ...

Weather drones are being tested to help update forecasts of extreme weather more quickly, and could help us prepare earlier ...

The electricity grid is expected to be increasingly affected by climate change and the resulting severe weather episodes, which are predicted to multiply as our world heats up. Fires, floods, ...

Floods, fires and storms are flat or down, but risk and damages have increased. Last episode, our experts referenced IPCC data to explain that heat, heat waves and precipitation are trending up. While ...

Millions across North America just lived through the coldest start to a year they've felt in over a decade, and the numbers tell a story that should make us all pay attention. In a new poll, six in 10 ...

People try to stay cool on the sweltering streets of Manhattan during a heat wave in July 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people ...

A study sheds light on how extreme weather events impact phenological processes, specifically the flight period of butterflies and moths and the flowering time of plants, with implications for food ...

When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused climate change influence this event, if at all? For many years, scientists ...