Debt-for-nature swaps and conservation funds to halt biodiversity loss are gaining traction as governments link ecosystem ...

As the planet warms, many expected ecosystems to change faster and faster. Instead, a massive global study shows that species turnover has slowed by about one-third since the 1970s. Nature’s constant ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Climate change threatens winter snowpack that millions rely on for water, crops, and irrigation — a far greater ...

If you think of Earth’s climate system as a backyard swing that’s been gently swaying for millennia, then human-caused global warming is like a sudden shove strong enough to disrupt the usual arc and ...

The last 30 years are the fastest warming period since 1880, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please ...

The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to repeal the Obama-era “scientific” finding that classified carbon dioxide as a threat to public health and welfare, and empowered the federal ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. As we thaw out from yet another record-breaking winter storm, it’s predictable that ...

A new study finds that warming of 2°C could expose nearly 3.8 billion people to extreme heat by mid-century, more than double current levels. Rising temperatures are expected to drive surging energy ...

A new University of Oxford study finds that almost half of the global population (3.79 billion) will be living with extreme heat by 2050 if the world reaches 2.0°C of global warming above ...

There’s one big bright spot in the fight against climate change that most people never think about. It could prevent nearly half a degree of global warming this century, a huge margin for a planet ...

Scientist Veerabhadran Ramanathan yearned for the American dream while growing up in southern India in the 1960s: specifically, a Chevrolet Impala, a muscle car he learned about from his father, a ...