Climate

AP New Mexico

Move over bears. Fat Marmot Week puts a spotlight on the alpine rodents

Researchers trying to raise funds for studies

August 21, 2026

New Mexico

Aridification is here

The changed climate is inevitable — suffering doesn’t have to be

August 20, 2026

AP New Mexico

Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions

Milestone comes about a week after Lake Mead also hit a historic low

August 17, 2026

Associated Press

Oppressive heat, high humidity grip much of the U.S. as students start a new school year

A woman watches the setting sun at the end of a hot summer day, Sunday, July 26, in Kansas City,…

August 14, 2026

New Mexico

Heat-related illnesses on rise in New Mexico amid record-high temperatures

Farmington broke six high temperature records in the first week of August

August 10, 2026

Associated Press

Poll: Extreme heat is changing Americans’ lives

Mickelina Papotto, of Salem, Oregon, left, and Lorie Odegaard, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, fan themselves while waiting in line for the…

August 6, 2026

Associated Press

Fishing closures are becoming routine as record heat warms rivers in the U.S. West

Marek Senn fishes for trout while Jase Joslin rows their boat down the Yellowstone River, Friday, July 31, near Livingston,…

August 5, 2026

Associated Press

A federal judge lets DHS proceed with a border wall through a small Texas town’s levee system

Town says the wall could lead to flooding

August 3, 2026

New Mexico

New Mexico environment officials propose another delay on heat safety protections for workers

The New Mexico Environment Department recently filed a motion to postpone rulemaking on worker heat safety to early 2027. Danielle…

August 3, 2026

Associated Press

Wildfires are more extreme in Europe and North America, but global burning is oddly decreasing

A firefighter watches as a helicopter drops water on the Summit Fire while battling wildfires in Llano, California, on July…

July 29, 2026

Associated Press

How to stay cool in a heat wave even without air conditioning

A person uses a fan as they wait in line to purchase Broadway tickets in Times Square, during a heat…

July 2, 2026

Associated Press

El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires

A firefighter monitors flames caused by the Hughes Fire along Castaic Lake in Castaic, California, Jan. 22, 2025. Jae C.…

June 11, 2026

Associated Press

Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will go dark under Trump funding cuts

In this 2021 image provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, workers walk near buoys used to gather data at Pioneer…

June 3, 2026

Associated Press

SEC moves to repeal climate-disclosure rule for companies

The rule required companies to report greenhouse gas emissions and climate risk

June 1, 2026

New Mexico

Study finds fewer – but more destructive – fires in the West

Lightning-caused wildfires are destroying 84% more land than before

May 27, 2026

Associated Press

Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe

A view of the beach as people enjoy the hot weather in Brighton, East Sussex, England, on Tuesday. Gareth Fuller/PA…

May 26, 2026

Associated Press

Scientists find climate change is reducing oxygen in rivers worldwide

Oxygen levels in could fall so low that more dead zones appear

May 18, 2026

Associated Press

Georgia blaze shows how climate change has led to more wildfires in the East

A burned vehicle sits near a destroyed home as the Brantley Highway 82 fire burns on Thursday near Nahunta, Georgia.…

April 24, 2026

Associated Press

The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana

Chevron, previously ordered to pay $740 million, gets a new day in court

April 17, 2026

Associated Press

Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch up

A sea anemone sits beside a patch of eelgrass in San Diego's Mission Bay, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Annika Hammerschlag/AP…

April 10, 2026

New Mexico

New Mexico begins review of threatened and endangered species

Current list includes 114 species, including the Gila monster, Gila trout and Bald Eagle

April 7, 2026

Associated Press

Gravel gardens can cut wildfire and heat risks

It’s being used outside fire zones too

April 3, 2026

Record-smashing heat spreads

Brian Hermosillo wipes sweat from his brow while installing a new air conditioning unit during record-breaking heat Thursday, March 19,…

March 25, 2026

U.S. slammed by a stretch of weather extremes

The forecasts call for a blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once

March 13, 2026