It is abundantly clear that we need to create a state flood insurance plan that offers property owners a reliable and trustworthy program, says NC Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey.

The day President Trump announced the United State will withdraw from the Paris climate accords, eastern North Carolina slipped deeper into a drought that’s part of a growing pattern of wet and dry extremes.

2024 had slightly above average rainfall, but the climate office reports that is largely due to a few major rain events rather than steady rain throughout the year.

Climate issues are taking center stage in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene wreaked catastrophic damage in western North Carolina at the end of last September.

How do warming arctic temperatures and a wavier jet stream combine to create snowfall across South Carolina? It's complicated.

As extreme weather gets worse, people in high-risk areas are confronting the reality that it’s getting harder and to insulate themselves from disaster.

More than 200 NASA staff lost homes in the LA fires. Their tragedies bring a personal perspective to rising global climate risks.

North Carolina’s temperatures have increased over the past 120 years, endangering campus wildlife. Different individuals and groups work to promote sustainability and the environment on campus.

It blew down an estimated 187,000 acres of forests in Western North Carolina. In 2022, the Biden administration issued an executive order to protect old-growth forests on public land from the effects of climate change. The Forest Service then got to work ...

The U.S. saw some of its costliest natural disasters in the last few months during the Earth’s hottest year on record because of greenhouse gases emitted by fossil fuels

The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced the new rates last Friday. The insurance industry says inflation and climate change are driving up costs.

Ajith Varikuti designed a modular home that withstands hurricanes, winning $10,000 in Autodesk’s 2024 Make it Resilient contest.