Hurricane Helene triggered more than 2,000 landslides, hazardous spills, and infrastructure failures in North Carolina. Experts warn climate change is making storms wetter, increasing landslide risks and disaster response challenges.
NC’s biggest utility is among 10 companies that have written to Trump’s new EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, asking for relief from a key Biden emissions rule, as well as coal ash disposal requirements.
The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced the new rates last Friday. The insurance industry says inflation and climate change are driving up costs.
Ajith Varikuti designed a modular home that withstands hurricanes, winning $10,000 in Autodesk’s 2024 Make it Resilient contest.
2024 had slightly above average rainfall, but the climate office reports that is largely due to a few major rain events rather than steady rain throughout the year.
Climate issues are taking center stage in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene wreaked catastrophic damage in western North Carolina at the end of last September.
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) announced they have received a $1.5 million grant to fund coastal research. According to a press release from UNCW, the grant is meant to fund the TEAL-SHIPS Transect Expedition, a project to study coastal land-to-sea habitats.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, using the first trip of his second administration to tour areas where politics has clouded the response to deadly disasters.
More than 200 NASA staff lost homes in the LA fires. Their tragedies bring a personal perspective to rising global climate risks.
The old growth forests of Western North Carolina took a beating from Hurricane Helene. Now they've lost a bid for federal protection. This worries advocates that the forests could soon vanish.
North Carolina’s temperatures have increased over the past 120 years, endangering campus wildlife. Different individuals and groups work to promote sustainability and the environment on campus.
How do warming arctic temperatures and a wavier jet stream combine to create snowfall across South Carolina? It's complicated.