In the United States, approximately 6.6 tons (almost 15,000 pounds carbon equivalent) of greenhouse gases are emitted per person every year. And emissions per person have increased about 3.4% between ...

Story by Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison If you’ve been ...

Last week at the United Nations, Donald Trump derided the climate change movement, calling it a ‘con job,’ a view that the Republican party signed onto as the president won his second term last year.

So it’s come to this. Last year, a researcher presented a paper on climate change at the American Geophysical Union’s meeting entitled ”Is Earth F**ked?” which advocated “environmental direct action, ...

Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change—Reading of the Advisory Opinion of the Court [Photo: International Court of Justice] The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the judicial organ of ...

A reader’s wife is angry about what she sees as insufficient commitment to the cause of environmentalism, alienating the couple’s friends. By Philip Galanes My wife has become an eco-warrior. She has ...

Southern Africa is suffering a malaria surge. Countries including Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia and Zimbabwe are experiencing outbreaks of the disease, which causes fevers and chills and kills 600,000 ...

Jonathan Levy receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Federal Aviation Administration, the City of Boston, and the Mosaic Foundation. Howard Frumkin has no financial conflicts of ...

Extreme heat can threaten human health, but it’s only one way climate change puts lives at risk. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; ...