Nathan Rott

In Oregon, better weather could help as firefighters battle ongoing blazes. Tens of thousands are displaced, others missing, and hazardous smoke continues to blanket much of the state.

In another record-breaking year, communities are realizing the best way to survive wildfires is learning to live with them.

Human activities are causing an "unprecedented" and alarming decline in wildlife populations around the world, a new report warns. It says the staggering loss ultimately threatens human life as well.

The 100th day protests in Portland, Ore., looked a lot like many of the days before: groups marched and met peacefully, and then, at night, police clashed with protesters.

Firefighting alone may never be enough to control extreme fires in the era of climate change. Acknowledging this reality, some communities are trying to remake themselves to be fire resistant.

Hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves and disease outbreaks are all a preview of our hotter future. Dramatically cutting greenhouse gas emissions would help.

Intense fires in California and Colorado are blanketing a large part of the West with smoke. As fire season gets longer, researchers are studying the health impact.

California has hired hundreds of firefighters to avoid shortages during the pandemic. But with the peak of the fire season still ahead, crews are stretched thin as they battle dozens of blazes.

California is facing a searing heat wave and a growing number of wildfires — challenges only projected to get worse with climate change.

Any visitors to the national park are getting blunt advice: "Travel prepared to survive." It's part of a heat wave that is forcing rolling blackouts in the West.

Temperatures topped triple digits in parts of the state, and the weather is expected to remain blistering well into next week, likely putting more pressure on the electric utilities.

Visits to Yellowstone National Park are higher than last year as Americans look to escape their pandemic confines. Their business is welcome relief, despite worries they'll also bring coronavirus.

Power shut-off moratoriums imposed at the start of the pandemic are beginning to expire. Customers and utilities face a backlog of missed bills that may eventually be passed on to ratepayers.

California now has the most COVID-19 cases in the country, surpassing New York. But the number of deaths is far lower, in part because more than half of the new cases are young people.

New research finds fewer animals are being killed by cars since the pandemic shutdown has kept people at home. This includes threatened species, and could boost efforts to better protect them.

Scientists say accelerating deforestation and development may increase the risk of pandemic diseases, and the current coronavirus pandemic may actually make the trend worse.

Scientists say accelerating deforestation and development may increase the risk of pandemic diseases. The current economic crisis may also make that trend worse if more people cut down trees for fuel.

Despite heavy police and military presence and an extended curfew in many places, protests for George Floyd have persisted nationwide – and the majority of them have been peaceful.

A new study finds rising temperatures and climate-driven disasters are helping transform the very makeup of the world's forests. This has major implications for biodiversity and more warming.

Scientists are racing to better understand atmospheric rivers, bands of moisture that start in the tropics and can bring torrential rain to the U.S. They're projected to intensify with climate change.