A new study in Nature Climate Change shows that Earth’s warming climate has made the western drought about 40 percent more severe, making it the region’s driest stretch since A.D. 800.

Nearly 350 mayors across the country are part of Climate Mayors. The policy proposals were developed by a Western regional group of mayors and their representatives, among them officials from Los ...

A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change. Samjung, perched in the high-altitude Upper Mustang ...

Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as ...

Remarkable contrast, once again, between near-record warmth inland & mountains but near or cooler than average coast in May-June ...

The researchers also found the longest interval between rains each year increased by 11 days in the West to 32 days across the region. In the desert southwest, it increased by 17 days to 48 days.

Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the we… ...

Experts say a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada are the legacy of the nation’s fire-suppression experts and climate change.

“The Bristol project shows that this model empowers local action, develops community leadership, and builds resilience for climate impacts. We are therefore really excited to be evaluating the project ...

Mayors of Western cities are urging the Trump administration to take steps to help address water scarcity as climate change depletes the Colorado River.