Flood waters inundate a home by the Salinas River near Chualar, Calif., on Saturday. A series of atmospheric river storms continue to cause widespread destruction across the state. David McNew/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Roads and infrastructure are increasing being overwhelmed by heavier rainfall, like the California Central Valley town of Planada in January. Most states still aren't designing water systems for heavier storms. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Federal climate forecasts could help prepare for extreme rain. But it's years away
The temperature data these eighth graders are collecting from various spots around their school playground will be uploaded to a NASA database for climate scientists to use. Mohamed Sadek for NPR hide caption
Climate activists protest on the first day of the ExxonMobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on Oct. 22, 2019, in New York City. ExxonMobil was found not guilty of misleading investors about how climate change would affect its finances. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Exxon climate predictions were accurate decades ago. Still it sowed doubt
The Emirati Minister of State and the CEO of Abu Dhabi's state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber speaks at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Oct. 31, 2022. Kamran Jebreili/AP hide caption
Extreme weather, fueled by climate change, cost the U.S. $165 billion in 2022
Most reservoirs aren't allowed to fill up in the winter, but Folsom Reservoir outside of Sacramento, California is using a new strategy to save more water by using weather forecasts. Ken James/California Department of Water Resources hide caption
Heavy rain is still hitting California. A few reservoirs figured out how to capture more for drought
Heavy rain is still hitting California. A few reservoirs figured out how to capture more for drought
Hurricane Ian caused $112.9 billion dollars and more than 150 deaths when it slammed into south Florida in 2022, making it the costliest climate-fueled disaster in the U.S. last year. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Extreme weather, fueled by climate change, cost the U.S. $165 billion in 2022
In this false-color image, the blue and purple show the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer over Antarctica on Oct. 5. Earth's ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing. NASA via AP hide caption
Rescuers dig a spillway to release flood waters after heavy rainfall in China's northern Shanxi province in 2021. A new report finds that human-caused climate change made the floods about twice as likely. -/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The British government is set to announce the full details of the single-use plastics ban on Saturday. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
A man rides his bicycle on a flooded roadway in Aptos, California on Monday. More storms are expected Tuesday and Wednesday. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Gabriella Torres-Ferrer, Untitled (Valora tu mentira americana) (detail), 2018. Hurricane-ravaged wooden electric post with statehood propaganda. Private collection; courtesy of the artist and Embajada, San Juan. Whitney Museum of American Art hide caption
When people are less important than beaches: Puerto Rican artists at the Whitney
Climate activists from the group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) hold up commuter traffic on a Monday morning in Berlin by supergluing themselves to the road. Esme Nicholson/NPR hide caption
Nurse Katie Leonard uses a kayak to bring supplies to Patsy Costello, 88, as she sits trapped in her vehicle Dec. 31 on Astrid Drive in Pleasant Hill, Calif.. Costello drove her car on the flooded street thinking she could make it, but it stalled in the two feet of water. Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP hide caption
A plow clears snow after a winter storm rolled through Western New York Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, in Amherst, N.Y. Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP hide caption
A pile of debris from Hurricane Ian rises behind a line of people waiting to vote in Fort Myers, Fla., in November 2022. Research suggests support for some climate policies increases immediately after climate-driven disasters such as Ian. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption
Construction apprentices prepare to replace a damaged roof in the town of Toa Baja, P.R. PRoTechos, the nonprofit they work with, was founded to fix the roofs of people who got little or no government help after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017. Erika P. RodrÃguez for NPR hide caption
The first nacelles onboard a sea energy "jack-up ship," ready for lifting into place on the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm, off Whitstable, Kent, England. Chris Laurens/Construction Photography/ Avalon / Getty Images hide caption
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks in Monongahela, Pa. on Sept. 23, 2022. McCarthy unveiled a campaign proposal titled "Commitment to America," which includes Republicans' climate change and energy policy proposals. Barry Reeger/AP hide caption
Republicans get a louder voice on climate change as they take over the House
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is being hit hard by climate change, but new research is showing how some corals are more resilient to heat. Sam McNeil/AP hide caption
How can coral reefs deal with climate change? Get better roommates
Barges were stranded by low water levels along the Mississippi River in October, driving up shipping prices and threatening crop exports and fertilizer shipments. Scientists at the University of Memphis expect more dramatic swings in water levels on the river due to climate change. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
A Mexican free-tailed bat hangs out in an incubator after getting some fluids. Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via AP hide caption
Bruce Hickey, 70, one week after Hurricane Ian tore through his community in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. There were relatively few storms in the Atlantic over the summer, but the 2022 hurricane season was nonetheless one of the most destructive on record. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption