Why do widely supported solutions to major problems, such as climate change, so often struggle to gain real traction? A new ...

A climate scientist explains why Earth is 'running a fever' and how climate change impacts health, the economy, and daily life.

Meteorologists say the United States is getting hit by almost every kind of extreme weather at once, as spring air masses collide and the jet stream twists.

A potted scarlet monkeyflower would die within a few days without water. But multiple natural populations of the species ...

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People quickly normalize extreme weather. Simple visuals highlighting abrupt change could help climate change break through our mental blind spots.

Meteorologists are reaching for superlatives to describe an oncoming heat wave so intense and rare for this time of year that it could leave some locations shattering their all-time temperature ...

By 2050, scientists expect higher temperatures to make people less active. This could harm human health and the economy.

The Trump administration recently revoked the endangerment finding that required the government to limit emissions from power plants, cars and other industry sources.

Scientists disagree whether human-made climate change or natural fluctuations are mostly to blame for worse-than-expected heat in recent years ...

Many philosophers have noticed the similarities between environmental damage and the puzzle of the self-torturer.