changing climate

Warming temperatures are causing the D.C. area to see more springtime snow and winter rain. Storm Team4 Amelia Draper explains why on this Changing Climate,

Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper shares four easy tips for saving money and helping the environment this holiday season.

All four seasons are warming, but winter is warming fastest. Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper explains what this means and how it could impact winter.

Just how does climate change work? It’s something scientists have known about for more than 150 years. The physics and chemistry is simple enough you can replicate it at home. The way carbon molecules vibrate, their shape and everything blocks infrared radiation — heat — from escaping Earth. It fills holes in the light spectrum, blocking heat’s escape path. Think...

It’s not in your head: As our climate changes, Dr. Troy Baker says studies show that our allergies are getting worse. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is calling for expanding nuclear power generation in the state, and reevaluating a recent clean energy law celebrated by environmentalists. His administration laid out those and other goals in a 29-page state energy plan unveiled Monday. The plan also calls for restoring greater authority to state regulators who oversee the state’s powerful utilities. The energy...

Spinach or kale? Wine or beer? News4 meteorologist Amelia Draper explains which common foods are more environmentally friendly.

Our changing climate is making extreme weather even more extreme. Storm Team4 meteorologist Amelia Draper explains “attribution science” — the effort to track how human-caused climate change intensifies natural disasters.

Prince George’s County’s “The Bus” is adding 22 electric buses to its fleet. The goal is to have a 75% electric bus fleet by 2035, cutting down on the need for diesel. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

After the success of a project to rebuild Poplar Island, other eroding islands in the Chesapeake Bay are being targeted for rebuilding plans. News4’s Chuck Bell reports.

After the success of a project to rebuild Poplar Island, other eroding islands in the Chesapeake Bay are being targeted for rebuilding plans.

City residents in the Northeast are fleeing a hot spell in favor of pools, beaches and forests.

The average time between billion-dollar disasters in the U.S. has decreased from 82 days in the 1980s to just 18 days in the last five years, according to Climate Central. Storm Team4’s Amelia Draper reports.

News4’s Amelia Draper breaks down four positive things that have come out of the movement to fight climate change.

Climate change is expected to make it difficult or impossible to grow the ingredients for some favorite food and drinks. New4’s Amelia Draper reports.

Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper explains the origins of the climate crisis.

A new report from the UN’s top body of climate scientists is warning that temperatures will go beyond a key danger point unless countries worldwide cut greenhouse emissions faster than they are currently committed to doing.

The cherry trees are in real trouble. Over the past 25 years, we’ve seen sea level rise of about three inches. That doesn’t seem like a lot, but over the next 30 years, we’re expecting sea level rise of nearly a foot.

According to a new report from NOAA, the U.S. coastline will see up to a foot of sea-level rise by 2050. NBC4’s Chief Meteorologist Doug Kammerer spoke to the National Park Service and NOAA about how this is already affecting the cherry blossoms in the tidal basin and plans to preserve the trees.

America’s coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with major Eastern cities hit regularly with costly floods even on sunny days, a government report warns.