A warming planet has opened up new shipping routes and turned Greenland into a geostrategic asset for the Trump administration.

That included dangerous heat waves, which the WWA said were the world's deadliest extreme weather events in 2025. The researchers said some of the heat waves they studied in 2025 were 10 times more likely than they would have been a decade ago due to climate change.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the United States to withdraw from major global agreements, arguing they no longer “serve American interests.” “We seek cooperation where it serves our people and will stand firm where it does not,

Among the groups from which the U.S. withdrew are two prominent climate organizations — the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the United Nations climate framework marks a significant escalation of anti-climate policy.

When engineers and planners design roads, bridges and dams, they rely on hydrological models intended to protect infrastructure and communities from 50- and 100-year floods. But as climate change increases the frequency and severity of floods,

The United States' decision to withdraw from the United Nations' key climate treaty is a "colossal own goal" that will harm the U.S. economy, jobs and living standards, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell said on Thursday.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration was weighing a number of options to acquire Greenland, including military force.