Climate Change

Climate change has driven a major increase in wildfires in recent decades. But a new study shows North American forests still aren’t burning as often as they did historically, and that’s a problem.

Student groups in Mesa can now apply for funding for projects to tackle issues related to climate change.

The Phoenix area is in for a cooldown and maybe even some rain this week.

As climate change drives more extreme heat, more Americans are falling behind on summer utility bills, and a new report says Arizona Public Service customers are among those struggling to keep up.

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate change take their toll on the beloved pollinator.

February is off to an unseasonably warm start in Phoenix. As of Tuesday, the city has now had three days in a row of record-breaking heat.

A new kind of roof coating developed by an ASU spinoff company is having some success in cooling the buildings it’s on. The firm, called EnKoat, is testing its product at the university’s Polytechnic campus.

Phoenix is updating its climate action plan and the city’s holding community workshops to share details.

Northern Arizona is famous for its aspen trees, and a multi-decade study looks into how they’re being affected by climate change. Among the findings: There are a good number of smaller, younger aspens and a good number of older ones, but not all that much in the middle.

Two reporters for Grist.org say at least some of former President Joe Biden’s policies might survive the second Trump administration.