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A piece of ice floats in Los Glaciares National Park in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.

10 Things To Know About The U.N. Climate Talks In Paris

Here's a bit about what you should know going into the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference beginning Nov. 30.

This chart shows the Northern Sierra's wettest and driest years of precipitation.

San Diego Soaks Up Water Savings Following Storm

San Diego's biggest benefit from this past weekend's rainfall will be the water savings from residents turning off their sprinklers.

Scene along I-35 near Kansas City on Thursday.

Storm Buries Kansas, Missouri, As It Heads East

The biggest winter storm this season is causing delays, cancellations and has brought traffic to a near-standstill in the Plains and Midwest, but it's providing much-needed relief for drought-stricken farmers.

Bare branches and rust-colored foliage denote dead and dying trees in the Colorado’s Front Range.

Climate Change Could Change Southwestern Landscape

A new study looks at drought from the forests’ perspective. If the southwest is warmer and drier as climate models suggest, widespread tree death is likely.

Roundtable On Early Political Races, Chula Vista Turmoil, Government Water Use

It's May 2015. Do you know where (or who) your political candidates are? Chula Vista's trouble completing its city council is not over. And water use among public agencies in the city of San Diego went up by 19 percent.

The U.S. Climate Prediction Center's three-month outlook shows San Diego's temperatures are expecting to be above normal, April 28, 2014.

San Diego's Wet Season Moving Out, Extreme Heat Setting In

A strong ridge of high pressure is building over San Diego County and expected to bring near-triple digit temperatures by mid-week, along with gusty winds and low humidity.

San Carlos residents Callie Mack and Phillip Roullard replaced their grass lawn with drought resistant landscaping to save water. April 13, 2015.

No Money Left For San Diego Turf Rebates Until July

The city of San Diego's money for a program that pays homeowners to take out their lawns has dried up in one week.

An aerial photo of islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

California Seeks To Dam 3 Channels On Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

J.B. Morais of Delta Islands Organic Farm, who grows vegetables that end up on restaurant tables, said the state's plan threatens his irrigation source.

Yaupon growing in the wild in east Texas. This evergreen holly was once valuable to Native American tribes in the southeastern U.S., which made a brew from its caffeinated leaves.

Here's The Buzz On America's Forgotten Native 'Tea' Plant

It's called yaupon. Native Americans once made a brew from its caffeinated leaves and traded them widely. With several companies now selling yaupon, it may be poised for a comeback.

A lot of the airborne particles in the Earth's atmosphere come from natural sources, such as desert dust (red-orange) and sea salt (blue). But there's also soot from fires (green and yellow) and sulfur emissions (white) from burning fossil fuel.

Why China's Pollution Could Be Behind Our Cold, Snowy Winters

A video from NASA shows how air pollution moves around the world. So what happens when emissions from Asia blow across the Pacific Ocean to North America?

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