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Calculating the Costs of Climate Change, Making Sense of the Dollars

Beside getting the world to net-zero emissions, there are other costs associated with climate change -- a high level overview

Measuring climate change: It's not just heat, it's humidity

Scientists say measuring climate change by temperature alone doesn't accurately reflect how bad global warming really is getting.

Black neighborhoods at risk as climate change accelerates flooding

The annual cost of flooding across the U.S. will hit $40 billion annually by 2050, with Black communities at most risk, according to a team of U.S. and U.K.-based researchers .

“Baked From The Inside Out”: 2021 Proved Climate Change Is Here And It Is Deadly

The climate crisis is here, the US is woefully unprepared, and people are already paying with their lives.

Climate change is coming for the red states — but will it matter?

The world as we know it is ending. Why are we still at work?

From the pandemic to climate change, Americans are still expected to work no matter what happens.

Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril

New research shows how rising temperatures have irreversibly altered both the Arctic and Antarctic. Ripple effects will be felt around the globe.

At COP26, nations speed climate action but leave world still headed for dangerous warming

Exhausted negotiators from nearly 200 nations struck a deal Saturday intended to propel the world toward more urgent climate action, without offering the transformative breakthrough scientists say...

Harnessing the energy of the ocean to power homes, planes and whisky distilleries

On Scotland’s Orkney Islands, an audacious experiment is underway.

With world’s climate goal on the line, leaders warn U.N. talks risk falling short

Negotiators in Glasgow hustle to hammer out a deal and spare the world from the worst of climate change. Leaders warn that despite promises, the planet will warm a devastating 2.5 degrees Celsius by...

U.S. and China issue joint pledge to slow climate change

The United States and China jolted the United Nations climate summit here with a surprise announcement Wednesday, pledging the two countries would work together to slow global warming during this...

Perspective | Will climate change affect sports? It already has.

Rising average temperatures and sea level are limiting what sports can happen where.

Resources for Teaching About Climate Change With The New York Times (Published 2021)

Dozens of resources to help students understand why our planet is warming and what we can do to stop it.