Climate Change

The Bull, Middle Fork, Rough Patch and Devils Knob wildfire complexes are creating unhealthy smoke conditions in several communities.

A new report says that of the 77 weather-related disasters documents between 2015 and 2017, 62 showed a significant human influence.

Scientists say there’s something different this year as the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather.

Climate change is the mother of all disruptions. As the West Coast grapples with its impacts — from drought-igniting wildfires to sea level rise inundating coastal areas — how are communities and businesses adapting?

Dozens of domestic wells have gone dry in an area near the Oregon-California border where the American West's worsening drought has taken a particularly dramatic toll.

Cutting carbon emissions to zero in the next 30 years would save about 74 million lives this century, a new analysis estimates.

June's extreme heat wave led to some unhealthy hot water for salmon. But, fish managers said it hasn’t been as devastating for salmon runs as the warm water temperatures were in 2015.

Join us for a conversation July 29 with Marketplace's Molly Wood and West Coast reporters.

Rescue workers are laboring to deal with damage laid bare by receding water as the death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe has risen above 160.

Multnomah County has released a preliminary analysis of deaths that occured due to the heat wave that shattered temperature records across the Pacific Northwest.