Climate

FILE - A firefighter monitors a firing operation while battling a wildfire called the Bench Fire in Warm Springs, Ore., July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

United States Fish and Wildlife Service Shorebird Monitor Allison Ruhl carries an adult oystercatcher at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge in South Kingstown, R.I., June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

A helicopter flies near the Cottonwood Fire in Beaver, Utah, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

Andrew Leeper, left, Will Minkoff and Tom Johnstone, right, of Nashville Severe Weather, look over weather data Monday, April 20, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Damaged materials from the home of John Solum from recent floods at Black Lake sit outside on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Grant Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Designer Pharrell Williams accepts applause afte the Louis Vuitton men's Spring Summer 2027 collection presented in Paris, France, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

A common murre lies on a beach near Scripps Pier during a survey for dying seabirds Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Sweat is visible on a worker on a hot day at Vinit Fabrics in Palsana near Surat, India, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

In this 2018 image provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a buoy used to gather data floats in the Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight off the coast of North Carolina. (Darlene Trew Crist/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)

This undated image provided by Peng Zhou shows newly-discovered fossilized whale bones at a site deep underwater, southeastern Indian Ocean, in the Diamantina Fracture Zone. (Global TREnD, IDSSE via AP)

Solar panels operate on a farm with cattle Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in Christiana, Tenn. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

FILE - Firefighters clear debris in Kula, Hawaii, Aug. 15, 2023, following wildfires that devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)