The 739 deaths in 1995 was the deadliest weather event in Illinois history and redefined Chicago’s emergency response and ...

The effects of climate change are creeping into Chicago's low-income neighborhoods. July 23, 2014 More than 10 years ago Lori Burns is one of many people suffering the impact of climate change.

Other than climate-change deniers, no one is saying such things won’t happen eventually. Chicago and the entire country indisputably are getting warmer, especially over the past 20 years.

Dozens of school playgrounds across Chicago aren't just a fun place for children. They're also designed to help address the ...

Climate change is warming the world above and below ground, and what's happening below could be causing the world's cities to slowly sink, a new study suggests.

There’s no foolproof picture of our future, but here’s food for thought when it comes to how we’ll live, spend and work.

But Chicago has a problem, one that’s almost certainly caused by the forces that climate change has released. A balance has long existed between the city’s two great bodies of water, Lake ...

But the largely man-made influx where asylum-seekers have been sent from Texas to cities like Chicago is likely “only going to be the beginning,” of migrant movements as climate concerns ...

Climate change has already brought migrants and other newcomers to Chicago, including disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Maria in 2017, said Dulce Guzmán, deputy director ...

The change in ocean temperatures during Helene and Milton were 800 times more likely due to climate change, according to Climate Central. Hotter ocean temperatures fuel more intense storms, more ...

Climate change impacts biodiversity or the ecosystem's variety of animals and plants. The less biodiverse an ecosystem is, the less healthy an ecosystem is, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).