Many U.S. farmers, especially in parts of the country that have snow during the winter, plant crops earlier in the growing season than they did in the past century because spring comes earlier now.

Articles in this project are edited by Carey Gillam, managing editor of The New Lede. For decades, leading US farm leaders likened efforts to rein in harmful climate change as attacks on agriculture ...

This week the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an updated version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM)—a datum used by gardeners and farmers to determine which plants are most likely ...

On March 20, 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released its 6th Assessment Report (AR6), which looks at the likelihood that current and planned climate change mitigation ...

Kitao Lenamparas, a farmer in Samburu County, Kenya, works in his bean field. This area of Kenya recently had five consecutive failed rainy seasons. This climate-induced drought caused widespread loss ...

Martina Otto is Head of Secretariat for the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Kaveh Zahedi is Director of the Office of Climate ...

But with winters warming, even by a few degrees, apple trees will want to break dormancy earlier. Einhorn said, “Instead of being at 30 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter, maybe now the days are at 34 ...