When picking plants to grow in your garden, it’s easy to just go with what you like or whatever plants your neighbors grow.

It divides the United States into planting zones using the numbers 0 through 13 where each one is 10°F warmer (or colder) in an average winter than the adjacent zone, as well as increments of 5 ...

As previous disasters have laid bare the US’ vulnerabilities to other types of extreme weather, this week is revealing ...

Climate Connection: Plant hardiness 03:52. The United States is divided into 13 different plant hardiness zones, each with "A" and "B" subdivisions.This is a number assigned to a plant that tells ...

The new map is generally one 5-degree half-zone warmer than the previous map through most of the United States. Before the change western Washington and Oregon were rated as 8a. We are now rated 8b.

Insurance Rates Are Soaring for US Homeowners in Climate Danger Zones. ... was the first category 5 hurricane to strike the continental United States since Andrew in 1992.

The US is finally curbing floodplain development, new research shows “Routine municipal practices” are all it takes, but two problem states are defying the trend.

Both the European Union and the United States recently released official publications on the need for research on climate interventions with the potential to reduce global warming rapidly.

In some areas of the US, cities are discouraging development in zones at high risk of climate-related damage. In 2016, the coastal city of Norfolk, Virginia, labelled certain areas as susceptible ...

Buffalo, New York, is one of a growing number of cities to embrace the idea of being a climate refuge, but can they actually protect residents from extreme weather?