The 739 deaths in 1995 was the deadliest weather event in Illinois history and redefined Chicago’s emergency response and ...

Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...

A delayed timeline will expose many more children and adults to the risk of toxic drinking water, and rising temperatures ...

Climate risk to U.S. infrastructure is rising, and government cuts to climate science are only accelerating that risk.

Legally mandated U.S. national climate assessments seem to have disappeared from the federal websites built to display them.

Rising temperatures due to climate change could be exacerbating lead risks, and researchers have found that childhood lead poisoning levels spike during hotter periods.

The city remains engulfed in a heat dome — and scientists and researchers in Chicago who pay close attention to heat have warned that more extreme weather like this is expected going forward.

Rising temperatures due to climate change could be exacerbating lead risks, and researchers have found that childhood lead poisoning levels spike during hotter periods.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” Daniel Holz from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses why the hands of the ...

Malecki said the extreme humidity in store for Chicago this week is connected to climate change. "As climate and weather change, and we're seeing these trends, we're also seeing increased risks to ...