Proposed cuts to the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program may leave people without heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer.

It’s been one of the least active years on record for tropical cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere. That could change soon.

Social norms that welcome men into caregiving and cooperation strengthen communities as they face climate shocks.

On the Fourth of July – America’s 249th birthday – President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that could very well cede the country’s position as the leading global economic superpower to China. As ...

A vast amount of a metal that is critical for manufacturing climate-friendly technologies lies in reservoirs about a mile below the ground in the southern Imperial Valley, California. It’s contained ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered ...

Less accurate forecasts and reduced federal support may make local officials more skittish about calling lifesaving evacuations.

Between 80% and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to do more about climate change. This fact is the central tenet of the 89% Project for climate journalism. Timed to coincide with Earth ...

The same party that prides itself on protecting life and putting children first is pushing through Congress the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill.” This bill, which Republicans narrowly passed through ...

Our knowledge of future climate change is largely dependent on complex computer simulation models. These models are huge – they are made up of more than 1 million lines of computer code representing ...

These books celebrate the mystery of Earth’s oceans and tally humanity's deepening impacts on them.

Scientists are still investigating exactly how plastic additives and microplastics affect our bodies, but they’re worried about what they’ve learned so far.