A brutal heat wave across the eastern United States trapped millions of people in sweltering air this week with record-high ...

While this map does not show what the United States could look like in the year 2051, there are expected to be some climate-related changes in the coming decades. National Geographic writes: ...

Let your eyes wander to the areas of this map that deepen into red. They are the places in the lower 48 United States most likely to have plants and animals at high risk of global extinction ...

These maps show path's timing, how long it lasts. Hundreds of cities in 13 U.S. states fall directly on the April 8 eclipse's path of totality as the moon blocks the sun's disc and ushers in darkness.