The fall season generally means football, changing leaf colors and cooler temperatures. But as Climate Central’s chief meteorologist Bernadette Woods Placky explains, fall temps aren't quite as cool as they used to be. Here’s this week’s Climate Matters.

Even in seasons with only a few named storms, hurricanes can cause catastrophic damage if they make landfall. Are we likely to get even more, or bigger, tropical storms in a world affected by global warming? Here's Bernadette Woods Placky on what we know about climate change and hurricanes.

As our planet warms, heat waves are becoming more intense. And as meteorologist Bernadette Woods Placky explains, those searing heat waves can have deadly consequences.

With this year’s El Niño shaping up to rival the strongest on record, comparisons to the last major El Niño, in 1997-1998, are inevitable. A new animation showing the development of each event side-by-side is the latest example, and provides a window into the similarities and differences between the two climate events. Those similarities and