Climate Change

As Boise faces hotter temperatures and growing climate risks, city leaders and health experts are working on local solutions to keep residents safe and our communities resilient.

Greenhouse gasses are causing temperatures to rise in cities across the U.S., but Boise is among the fastest warming urban areas in the country. The City of Trees ranks 14th out of 242 cities surveyed.

High temperatures are hindering the resort’s experimental snow blankets it rolled out a year ago.

As the climate warms, mosquitoes, ticks and other disease carriers are moving into new areas, spreading illnesses into new places.

As climate change makes snow fall inconsistent, Bogus Basin recreation area is banking on a new way to keep the slopes blanketed in snow and the chair lifts running.

Climate change doesn't happen in isolation. Idaho Matters takes a look at how a warming world, shifting economy and human health are deeply connected, and why understanding those links matters now more than ever.

A new report finds that rising temperatures are making droughts across the Mountain West and Southwest even worse — and longer-lasting.

A new scientific analysis shows that fall temperatures are rising across the country because of climate change, especially in the Mountain West. More than simply a delay in sweater weather, experts say this trend has more serious impacts.

How can plant-rich eating help save the planet?

More hot days and more smoky days are affecting our children's health now and in the future.