As the narrative of the Southern California wildfires has shifted to identifying the causes behind what could prove to be the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, a common refrain has emerged on social media that seeks to dismiss the role scientists say climate change played.

Rising housing, energy and insurance costs could force Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature to spend more money helping Californians live on a warming planet.

In the wake of the raging California wildfires, environmental groups are shifting the climate conversation away from mitigation, toward adaptation and resilience.

Lara Trump reacted to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires on Fox News Monday with political attacks and climate denialism, infuriating critics on social media.

Record-high temperatures, snow-less winters and frequent natural disasters could be due to global warming. Here's how climate change impacts weather.

Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has given that work new meaning.

By understanding the ubiquitous role of climate change, we can design solutions that tackle it and the local conditions that amplify its impacts. In California, for instance, this means ...

Climate scientists PolitiFact spoke to disagreed with Trump Jr. and said climate change contributed to the Los Angeles fires’ size and destructiveness. Numerous studies have linked human-caused climate change to the western U.S.’ worsening wildfires.

The wildfire disaster in Los Angeles underscores the importance of climate change adaptation. We built our infrastructure for a world that no longer exists.

Insurance experts and watchdogs said the industry was among the first to take notice of climate change — and the rate increase could just be the start.

As college students (one from Minas Gerais, Brazil, the other from California), we were excited to be part of the global youth team designing this curriculum. Our generation has grown up knowing that our planet is suffering under the intense duress of climate change.

Those final, unknown costs and eventual payouts coincide with an inflection point in California’s home insurance market, the biggest in the U.S., in the age of climate change. Home insurance rates are increasing across the country, but the Golden State ...