Climate Connections

Scientists are trying to figure it out.

The nonprofit Boston Harbor Now added concrete panels to seawalls that mimic rocky tidal habitats.

As climate change makes flooding worse, the city has proposed building a levee, improving stormwater drainage, creating a wetland park, and offering buyouts for the most vulnerable homes.

Utah Clean Energy wants to make sure new homes are powered by renewable energy.

Homes designed to hold warmth are becoming dangerous during heat waves.

People often aren't acclimated or equipped for extreme temperatures.

It requires new construction and major renovations to use reflective roofs that can cool neighborhoods by as much as six degrees.

For low-income families, staying cool can mean sacrificing food or other essentials.

The Mississippi River carries fertilizer runoff from the Midwest to the Gulf – and increasingly extreme rain is making the problem more urgent.

Reflective pavement and new trees are lowering the temperature in heat-stressed communities.

Austin, Texas, is helping low-income residents make energy efficiency upgrades, maintaining cooling centers, and urging people to check on neighbors.

Extreme heat, smoke, floods, and storms are disrupting education across the country.

As snowpacks shrink, the Dry Farming Institute in Oregon is teaching farmers how to get by with less irrigation.

Residences are retaining more heat as the city's summers heat up.  

As the climate warms, young athletes face growing risks of heat illness – especially in communities without air-conditioned practice spaces.

The maps reveal which areas bear the greatest burden during extreme rain.

It's one of the reasons global sea levels are rising.

The installations help keep electricity flowing at this Wisconsin reservation even when a major storm knocks out grid power.

The lab is testing thousands of ticks for the pathogens that cause Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, babesiosis, and other dangerous infections.