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An iceberg in Ilulissat, Greenland. Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting rapidly, and that melt will accelerate as the Earth heats up. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
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Communities are reducing wildfire risk. Will their insurance bills go down?
A person fishes next to a broken pier in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., in October. The city is still rebuilding after Hurricane Ian devastated the area in 2022. High costs for construction and insurance have made Fort Myers Beach unaffordable for many who called it home before. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That is changing communities, including those in Southwest Florida that were damaged by Hurricane Ian in 2022. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
At COP30, nations confront stalled action to address climate change
Volunteers hand out yard signs in June against a data center complex in West Virginia. Ulysse Bellier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A gas pipeline construction crew in Wyncote, Pa., replaces older pipes that are prone to leaking climate-heating methane. Projects like this are increasing gas customers' bills, even as wholesale gas prices are relatively low. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption
Gas utility bills are rising, but natural gas prices are down. Here's why
"The whole objective with renewables is to try to steer away from some of what's creating climate change," Nuvangyaoma says. The late afternoon sun shines over the village of Shongopovi. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
A tribe planned to connect 600 homes to electricity. Then the funding was cut
Wind turbines in Goldendale, Wash. Employees at the Energy Department office that funds clean energy technology were told to avoid using terms including "climate change" and "green," according to an email obtained by NPR. Jenny Kane/AP hide caption
The sun sets in Tangier Island, Va., where climate change and rising sea levels threaten the inhabitants of the slowly sinking island. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Scientists predict this Virginia island could be underwater in the next 50 years
On the outskirts of Dhanbad, in India's Jharkhand state, heaps of coal are loaded onto a train car in August. India is the world's third-largest greenhouse gas polluter and relies heavily on coal for electricity generation. VISHAL KUMAR SINGH/AFP hide caption
The Fortunatos' Green Idea House in Hermosa Beach, Calif., has a flat roof with a 5-foot overhang that shields the sun and cools the home. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption
5 lessons from a house that generates more energy than it uses
A firefighter battles the Canyon Fire in August in Hasley Canyon, Calif. As temperatures rise with human-caused climate change, wildfire risk is getting worse. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
Ted Cruz claims -- without evidence -- that China is funding U.S. climate lawsuits
People take pictures at a vista point with the San Francisco skyline obscured by smoke from wildfires during a spate of smoke during 2020, one of the worst wildfire smoke years on record. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
Wildfire smoke contributes to the deaths of thousands in the U.S., study says
The Rhône Glacier in Switzerland is the source of the Rhône River, which flows through Switzerland and France. Swiss glaciers like this one are melting quickly, reduced by nearly two-thirds of their ice over the past century. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House in September. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Cicadas from a 17-year cicada brood and shells shed by cicada nymphs sit at the base of a tree on May 29, 2024, in Park Ridge, Ill. Cicadas are of the order Hemiptera — the type of winged insects commonly found in the study of insect declines. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Loss of insect population in areas unaffected by humans
Demand for sugary beverages goes up when it's hot out. Here, delivering soda on a hot July day in New York City in 2016. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
You're more likely to reach for soda when it's hot outside
Ports around the country are vying to become hubs for offshore wind farms, like the State Pier in New London, Conn., which is supplying the South Fork Wind farm offshore. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption
Las Vegas Valley Water District Water Waste Investigator Devyn Choltko puts a water waste violation into the computer system outside a home in north Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 25, 2024. Choltko is one of more than a dozen investigators who patrol Las Vegas neighborhoods looking for water being wasted during irrigation times. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption
In Las Vegas, the water authority patrols the streets to prevent waste
Offshore wind blades and other equipment in New London, Conn. President Trump is a longtime critic of the wind industry. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans in August 2005. The storm caused enormous damage, displaced thousands of people and inspired a new era of hurricane science. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
Hurricane science has come leaps and bounds since Katrina. The progress is now at risk
Children cool off in a mist fountain in central Paris amid a heatwave, on Aug. 13. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption