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

Climate has always been an important consideration in deciding where to buy a home, but never more so than now. If you're ...

Much of the overvaluation is driven by properties situated outside of the 100-year flood zones designed by the Federal ... “It’s very clear to us that the cost and availability of insurance ...

The United States is divided into 13 different ... Texas for the second time in just over a decade. As the climate is warming up, the zones are shifting north. Compared to the previous century ...

Q: Could you please explain climate zones and how important ... appropriate for a different zone? These zones apply across the entire United States and can help you decide whether something ...

Over the past century, the United States has built millions of homes along ... most homes sit in a federally-designated flood zone, which tees them up for massive flood events like that which ...

The last USDA climate zone map was published in 2012 ... half-zone warmer than the previous map through most of the United States. Before the change western Washington and Oregon were rated ...

Matt Kasson receives funding from the US Department of Agriculture ... of Agriculture’s recent update of its plant hardiness zone map, which has long helped gardeners and growers figure out ...

As renowned climate scientist Jim Hansen and others ... Billowing smoke and hot seas remind us that we are now in the red zone of the most complex and consequential challenge humanity has ever ...

The United States is divided into 13 plant hardiness zones based on annual minimum temperature ... and actually help combat the effects of climate change. Cook-Patton encourages, “As people ...

INDIANA, USA — New Plant Hardiness Zone maps updated by the US ... Conservation Cropping Systems Initiative and is an affiliate of the Indiana State Climate Office. Zone 5 that used to encompass most ...