Melting ice, rising seas, longer droughts, stronger storms, threatened habitats — climate change poses some of the greatest ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine had been under pressure from Republican leaders, including President Trump.
Climate change is being driven largely by the greenhouse gases we’ve pumped into the atmosphere, which trap more of the Sun’s energy there. That added energy increases the odds of extreme events: ...
Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming. By Raymond Zhong The nation’s top scientific ...
The National Science Foundation has begun dismantling a major ocean monitoring network more than a decade earlier than planned. Some scientists say it will be a “tragic” loss of crucial information ...
A new study warns climate change could increase the global area susceptible to wildfires in the future, putting many more species at risk than today. Previous research has shown that climate change is ...
When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused climate change influence this event, if at all? For many years, scientists ...
Many European forests like this mixed woodland near Krems, Lower Austria, are facing disruptive changes as climate impacts like heat, drought and insect outbreaks amplify each other, sometimes causing ...
Why do leaders retreat as climate disasters worsen? Research on illness and denial explains why governments accept the ...
Workers in yellow safety vests and white helmets stand on a bridge with downed trees all around it. A man in the foreground wearing gloves and heavy boots carries a chainsaw. Workers in Ingram, Texas, ...
This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views of climate change, the environment and related topics. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and ...
Spring migration has taken flight, but with rising temperatures and shifting seasons, birds are adjusting when and how they migrate to keep up with a rapidly warming climate. Morgan Tingley, a ...