The barriers create an artificial aquifer that fills up during rainy seasons. But proper siting is key to making them work.

"It’s never going to be the kind of silver bullet that lots of people are hoping it might be," says Brett Christophers, a professor of human geography.

The analysis excluded state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the insurer of last resort for Florida homeowners unable to get a policy anywhere else.

The agency is being asked to strengthen a toothless rule that requires only a heads-up before experiments to modify the weather.

"Anything with the word climate in it or addressing climate is getting challenged," one lawyer said.

The Department of Energy is releasing its "single largest industrial decarbonization investment": $6 billion in 33 grants.

The House Republican is leading the polls to replace Mitt Romney. But how much is he talking about climate change, one of his biggest issues?

Senate leaders pledged a vote by April 19 on whether to block the rule. The vote is part of a deal that averted a partial government shutdown.

The southern African country follows neighboring Zambia seeking international aid as drought destroys crops, threatening millions.

Scientists will analyze antlers and skulls to determine if climate change is shifting moose habitat from the northernmost United States.

House Republicans are asking new questions about Hawaii Electric Co.'s wildfire mitigation plan after an August wildfire killed 101.

An international shipping regulator plans to charge ships for greenhouse-gas emissions and is debating how much to levy.

A little-known Inflation Reduction Act provision has sparked competition among the party's rising stars.

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulation will force public companies to report more information on losses dealt by extreme weather.

The penalty is part of EPA's crackdown on the planet-warming hydrofluorocarbons used in refrigeration and air conditioning.

Energy executives defended a future with fossil fuels in Houston as climate negotiators in Europe discussed what’s next for the transition away from oil and gas.

The vote on a nonbinding resolution was pure theater but came as other lawmakers are seeking a path on a bipartisan carbon tariff bill.

The researchers found that with AI, they could predict floods five days in advance in river basins without gauges.

A country already famous for its hourslong electricity shortages is now adopting a term called "watershedding" — the practice of going without water.

Brussels pledged to boost tree planting to help fight climate change but remains well below 1 percent of its 2030 goal.