The 2025 Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climate Change found that since the 1990s, the rate of heat-related deaths has jumped 23% to 546,000 a year.
Climate change is making the revival harder, with earlier-dissipating mist, erratic rainfall, and increasingly intense typhoons threatening tea plants and increasing landslide risks.
A forest health program coordinator with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources explains how a changing climate is affecting the timing of fall foliage colors.
