The world is being redrawn by climate change, forcing millions to reconsider where they call home. 8 million new internal ...

How can I make sure landscape plants I choose are adapted to our climate? The U.S. Department of Agriculture has developed a climate zone map to help with plant selection. The “Sunset Western Garden ...

Question: My husband bought a few plants at a nursery recently. There was a tag describing the USDA Climate Zone. I live in Sonoma 9a, but I saw other zones mentioned such as 9b and 10. There was also ...

As the property risks associated with extreme weather and climate disasters continue to rise, certain areas are projected to suffer steep losses in home values, while others benefit from their ...

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 you how cold of a temperature the plant can ...

The only affordable property is often in low-lying areas at flood risk, such as in Houston and coastal Texas, or in ...

On Nov. 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a revised version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map. This map is what home gardeners, as well as professional growers, use to determine which ...

Extreme heat, fires and flooding—all hallmark consequences of climate change—directly influenced this year's UN climate ...