President Joe Biden listens during a meeting with Pacific Islands Forum leaders during the U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit in the East Room of the White House on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
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Siblings Sofia Oliveira, 18, and Andre Oliveira, 15, pose for a picture at the beach in Costa da Caparica, south of Lisbon, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Ana Brigida/AP hide caption
A vehicle moves through a flooded intersection following heavy rains from Ophelia on Sunday in Crisfield, Md. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Horseshoe crabs are bled alive at a facility in Charleston, S.C., in June 2014. Ariane Müller hide caption
Vaccines are still tested with horseshoe crab blood. The industry is finally changing
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell (left) along with NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson (right) signed an agreement this week outlining ways in which the two organizations will work together to center equity in disaster preparedness and response efforts. NAACP hide caption
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Writtle University College, an agricultural college in Writtle, United Kingdom, a day after making his announcement about changes to Britain's climate policies. ALASTAIR GRANT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Smoky haze from wildfires in Canada obscures New York City's Empire State Building this year. The air in the U.S. has improved over the past 50 years, but smoke pollution from growing wildfires erodes much of that progress. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden promised to create the Climate Corps during his first week in office. It's a program meant to appeal to young climate activists. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The roundhouse under construction at Wahhoga Village in Yosemite National Park. Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation hide caption
A Northern California tribe works to protect traditions in a warming world
People rally to end fossil fuels in New York Sunday ahead of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Ambition Summit. Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Young people think climate change is a top issue but when they vote, it's complicated
A motorist travels through floodwaters on a road that remains closed a day after Atlantic storm Lee passed through the region, on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, near Northeast Harbor, Maine. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption
Climate activists participate in a rally outside of the Museum of Modern Art on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in New York. Climate activists with Extinction Rebellion NYC organized a rally outside MoMA ahead of this weekend's "March to End Fossil Fuels," calling on the museum to end its partnership with KKR, a private equity firm that has invested nearly $15 billion in fossil fuel projects. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
Pesky Pete Barron holds the leaves of poison ivy illustrating how it grows in clusters of three leaves. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
Poison ivy is poised to be one of the big winners of a warming world
In this aerial picture taken on Aug. 21, a vehicle drives through floodwaters following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary in Thousand Palms, Calif. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
California's lawsuit says oil giants downplayed climate change. Here's what to know
Search and rescue operations are underway in the region affected by floods due to Storm Daniel in Derna, Libya, Sept. 14. Hamza Al Ahmar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Rich Snyder, who retired as the fire marshal of Sierra Madre, Calif., now works for Allied Disaster Defense, a California company that hardens homes against wildfire. One strategy is covering air vents with ember-blocking mesh. Liz Baker/NPR hide caption
A couple walks in a flooded Saint Mark's Square during high waters on Nov. 19, 2013, in Venice, Italy. Marco Secchi/Getty Images hide caption
Internal Exxon documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal span Rex Tillerson's tenure as the company's chief executive from 2006 until 2016. Brian Harkin/Getty Images hide caption
A volunteer takes a break on the rubble of a building in a flash flood-damaged area in Derna on September 14, 2023. The Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday that more than 11,000 were killed in the flood and another 10,000 were still missing. Abdullah Doma/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The city of Derna, Libya on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Floods from extreme rain killed thousands of people and washed entire neighborhoods into the sea. Muhammad J. Elalwany/AP hide caption
Threatened by rising sea levels, San Francisco is considering drastic measures to save its historic shoreline. Above, the Ferry Building pictured in 2009. Anthony Jacobs/AP Images for T-Mobile hide caption
San Francisco considers lifting the Ferry Building by 7 feet to save it from the sea
A combination image of satellite photos shows an area before and after a powerful storm and floods hit the country, in Derna, Libya, on Sept. 2 (top) and Sept. 12. EyePress News/EYEPRESS via Reuters Connect hide caption
The flooded St. Mark's Square on Nov. 15, 2019, in Venice, two days after the city suffered a high tide. Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images hide caption