UCLA researchers have released an alarming new finding — the duration of heat waves is increasing faster than global warming itself.

Insurance brokers say more people are asking whether they should buy flood insurance -- even if they don’t live in a high-risk areas.

The Founding Fathers who gathered in Philadelphia to adopt the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 picked a nice day to do their work. It was a Thursday, and the temperature at 6:00 a.m. was 68°F, going up to a warmish but still pleasant 76°F at 1:00 p.m., according to daily records kept by Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson.

Climate change is making heat waves like the one that lingered over much of the U.S. this week more frequent and intense. The Eastern U.S. sweltered under a heat dome in recent days, with some

A new study found trees in temperate forests aren’t as effective at absorbing carbon as some climate models assume.

Both Florida and Texas are adversely affected because they lie on the Gulf of Mexico, which is currently between 2 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the average for the beginning of July, conditions that are 10 to 30 times more likely because of climate change.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which assembles the most rigorous climate science in periodic reports, says that attributing short-lived weather events to climate change is difficult. However, physics helps explain how increased warming in the atmosphere can boost rainfall.

From Yellowstone to the Garden of Eden, almost 75% of the world's heritage sites at risk of drought or flooding, U.N. warns.

"If our lake is in danger, then our livelihood is in danger," said a local business owner who is raising funds and awareness.

As global population growth and urbanization drive water pollution, climate change exacerbates the issue, making water a scarce resource. This calls for urgent sustainable solutions and opens investment opportunities in water reuse,

"If the rate of warming stays the same, the rate of our adaptation has to happen quicker and quicker, especially for the most extreme heat waves, which are changing the fastest," Neelin said in a statement.