This is one of several leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines running between Russia and Germany. Methane from the leaks could have a powerful warming effect on the Earth's atmosphere. AP hide caption
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Part of a destroyed mobile home park is pictured in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Florida on September 30, 2022. GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden promised to help Puerto Rico rebuild after being hammered by Hurricane Fiona two weeks ago. He also announced more than $60 million in aid to help coastal areas be better prepared for future storms. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
This areal view shows rows of boats used for harvesting salt in Lake Retba in Senegal in 2021. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The landslide in Sitka, Alaska on August 18th, 2015 happened after a morning of heavy rainfall. A three-hour rain fall total was an important data point to aid scientists in developing an early warning system. Jacyn Schmidt hide caption
Predicting Landslides: After Disaster, Alaska Town Turns To Science
Water floods a damaged trailer park in Fort Myers, Fla., on Saturday after Hurricane Ian passed by the area. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Residents had to be rescued from the Avante at Orlando nursing home in Orange County, Florida, as floodwaters from Hurricane Ian rose. John Raoux/AP hide caption
Lorraine Arroyo Román serves "asopao" during a protest against LUMA Energy in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on Saturday. Román is illuminated by the lights of police vehicles. Gabriella N. Báez for NPR hide caption
Lorraine Arroyo Román sirve "asolapo" durante una protesta contra LUMA Energy en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico el Sábado. Lorraine es iluminada por las luces de los carros de policía. Gabriella N. Báez para NPR hide caption
Monica Medina, assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs is pictured on Sept. 20 in New York City. She will take on additional responsibilities as an envoy on biodiversity and water resources. Monica Schipper/Getty Images for WWF Internation hide caption
Methane, the main component of natural gas, is also a byproduct of oil drilling. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Hurricane Ian left debris in Punta Gorda, Fla., after it made landfall. Storms like Ian are more likely because of climate change. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This photograph, taken on February 24, 2014 during an aerial survey mission by Greenpeace in Indonesia, shows cleared trees in a forest located in the concession of Karya Makmur Abadi, which was being developed for a palm oil plantation. Environmental group Greenpeace on February 26 accused US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble of aiding the destruction of Indonesian rainforests. BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Few large grasslands remain intact. Though they play a huge role in limiting the effects of climate change, they are threatened and tend to have few protections. Tracy Kressner hide caption
A Nissan electric vehicle recharges at a Power Up fast charger station on April 14, 2022, in Pasadena, Calif. California has more chargers than any other state in the U.S., but the federal government is trying to expand charger access across the country. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Families gather in a playground with a splash pad and swings in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. Philadelphia has multiple projects underway to make this and other large parks in the city more resilient to heat and other effects of climate change. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
A downed tree from Post-Tropical Storm Fiona sits in the front yard of a home on Sept. 24 in Irish Cove, Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island in Canada. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Canada's Atlantic provinces begin to recover from historic damage caused by Fiona
Hurricane Fiona damaged Puerto Rico's plantain crops, like this field in Guánica, Puerto Rico. José Jiménez/Getty Images hide caption
A home faces high winds caused by post Tropical Storm Fiona in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador on Saturday. The home has since been lost. Rene Roy/Wreckhouse Press via AP hide caption
Activists unfurled a banner calling David Malpass a climate denier on the World Bank headquarters after he refused to say if he believed man-made emissions contributed to global warming. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A gas furnace in a residential home. California plans to require zero-emission heaters and furnaces by the end of the decade. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Playa Salinas is flooded after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on Monday. Alejandro Granadillo/AP hide caption
A late Triassic-era rausuchian, one of the rival reptile lineages who lost out to the dinosaurs. Dmitry Bogdonav/Wikimedia Commons hide caption