Recent climate and environmental developments highlight severe weather events, ecological challenges, and ancient climate shifts.

Violent overnight storms swept through central Arizona, bringing golf ball-sized hail, heavy winds, and potential tornadoes that downed utility poles and damaged homes.

President Biden designated Arizona's Chiricahua rock spires as a new national park, protecting the unique volcanic geological formation with bipartisan support.

A new study reveals that marine life in the Gulf of Mexico plummeted by about 60% following the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and has still not fully recovered.

The US Department of Agriculture confirmed the detection of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite in Texas elk, prompting urgent warnings to ranchers and hunters.

Extreme weather survivors in Texas and across the US are increasingly organizing to form a political coalition demanding urgent legislative action on climate change.

A great white shark surprised beachgoers along Marina State Beach in California by leaping dramatically out of the water near where friends were posing for photos.

A wild coyote in Los Angeles was euthanized after reportedly roaming a trendy neighborhood for months and attacking a one-year-old child, sparking local debate.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to hitting national net-zero targets despite facing ongoing criticism over the approval of the Jackdaw gasfield.

Ancient plant analysis indicates that human fossil fuel emissions interrupted the early stages of a natural new ice age that had started forming thousands of years ago.