At a Glance Extreme flooding worsened by climate change is a major cause of concern for Houston.Urban development and a history of catastrophic flooding paint a worrisome picture for the city's future. Flood-prone Houston has seen some of the worst high water events in the U.S. and worries are rising that climate change will make the flooding even more catastrophic. Houston is prone to tropical storms and hurricanes that traverse the Gulf of Mexico because it's a mere 40 miles...

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 7, 2017, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry attends the opening ceremony of an international clean energy conference held in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Energy Secretary Rick Perry received a schooling on climate change Wednesday by a meteorological research group. In response to Perry's declaration Monday that carbon dioxide was not the driving force behind global warming, Keith L. Seitter, executive director of theAmerican Meteorological Society, making it very clear that he is...

At a Glance The EPA reportedly plans to offer early retirement and buyout incentives to up to 1,228 employees.Nine members of the Board of Scientific Counselors were notified of their termination in an email. Dozens of esteemed scientists will reportedly lose their jobs at the Environmental Protection Agency by August as the agency continuesto downsize amidsteep budget cuts. According to an email obtained by the Washington Post, among the dozens that will no longer work for the agency are, which...

As American homes have gotten larger over the past century, the amount ofcarbondioxide released from homes has also grown, a new study says. "As U.S. homes are getting bigger and bigger, the team at set out to check how this trend impacts our energy consumption and corresponding CO2 emissions," Andra Rus, communications specialist for Property Shark, told weather.com. "Our research resulted in rankings of U.S. states by both overall emissions and emissions per home." To reach their ,the teamlooked at...

The coal-fired Plant Scherer, one of the nation's top carbon dioxide emitters, stands in the distance in Juliette, Georgia, Saturday, June, 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) Climatescience labels really do matter, a new study says. According to research conducted by Cornell University and ,the American public continues to have doubts about "global warming" but appears to beunified in believing in "climate change." The contrast was most divided among individuals who identified themselves as Republicans. In fact, the study found that...

French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with actor and founder of the R20 climate action group Arnold Schwarzenegger after their meeting on June 23, 2017 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty Images) At a Glance Arnold Schwarzenegger and French President Emmanuel Macron posted a Twitter video Friday that appeared to be directed at President Donald Trump.The two met to discuss green options that'll help the planet as climate change persists. Two leaders of the climate movement...

Hoping to influence decisionsabout preserving the Great Barrier Reef, Australian economists have placed a staggering price tag on the world’s largest living thing. According to Deloitte Access Economics, , or $56 billion in Australian dollars. “That's more than 12 Sydney Opera Houses, or the cost of building Australia's new submarines,” the researchers wrote. “It’s even more than four times the length of the Great Wall of China in $100 notes.” According to CNN, the market value of the reef is...

At a Glance Renewable energy sources have surpassed nuclear power in providing electricity.This is the first time this has occurred since the nuclear era of power began. For the first time since the nuclear era of power began, renewable energy sources provide more of the nation’s electricity. From January to April, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power , coming ina close second to nuclear power, which provided 20.75 percent, according to a report from the U.S. Energy...

A coal-burning power plant near Birmingham, Alabama. (Eric Chaney) A group of prominent experts led by former U.N. climate chief Christina Figueres iswarning that wehave three years to save the planet from a certain climate disaster. In a on Thursday, the authors said "the year 2020 is crucially important" because "the temperature goals set in the Paris (Accord) become almost unattainable." "When it comes to climate, timing is everything," the authors wrote. "The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals that were agreed...

A fast melting of heavy snow has pushed the level of Lake Tahoe nearly to capacity. ...

At a Glance The EPA will begin the rollback of the Obama-era Clean Water Rule meant to protect many wetlands and small streams from development and pollution.President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February ordering federal agencies to review the Waters of the United States rule. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that it is moving to repeal an Obama-erarule meant to protect the nation's waterways that provide drinking water for millions of Americans. According to an...

At a Glance The South and poorest counties will be hardest hit by global warming, a new study finds.At the South gets hotter, crime and deaths will increase and productivity will decrease, harming the economy. Southern and the poorest U.S. counties will be the hardest hit by climate change, creating an ever-widening gap between the haves and have-nots, a landmark study says. Published Thursday in the journal Science, conducted by a team of 25 economic, data and scientific researchers at...

A late summer sunset and clouds over the Black and Bloom field camp in Greenland in August 2016. (Black and Bloom/Glacier_Albedo) At a Glance Sunnier skies mean faster ice melt in Greenland.It's unclear why there is a decline in cloud cover. In the past two decades, the Greenland ice sheet has become the biggest single contributor to rising sea levels, mostly from melt across its vast surface. That surface melt is, in turn, driven mostly by an uptick in clear,...