Anthropocene

The long-suspected link could provide a way to track emissions from burning natural gas

La Niña, climate change and an increasing human presence are all raising wildfire risks

We need to protect vulnerable people from killer heat without destroying the environment

And other new technology could detect carbon monoxide emitted just when flames start

A modeling study is the first to project how global warming will increase animal encounters and virus swapping between species

If greenhouse gas emissions are not curbed, temperature spikes could bring the first such mass extinction in 250 million years

The dramatic loss of tree cover in the tropics and northern boreal forests is releasing vast amounts of carbon dioxide

Achieving the 30x30 goal, as it is known, requires much more than declaring more national parks

Tropical regions show the greatest risk for insect declines

A growing international movement called Scientist Rebellion calls on world leaders to end the burning of fossil fuels

An initiative called Destination Earth will draw on environmental, socioeconomic and satellite data to gauge the impact of different climate policies

For the first time, the report includes a chapter devoted to the social aspects of climate mitigation