Anthropocene

With three degrees Celsius of warming, U.S. deaths during extreme temperatures could reach 63,000 a year, researchers calculate

Biden’s new program is expected to hire 20,000 people in its first year for renewable energy projects and ecological restoration

Lessons from past eras when Earth was a hothouse or a snowball tell us whether we are doomed by climate change or still have time to prevent that fate

The U.S. has already seen a record number of disasters costing at least $1 billion in 2023, which underscores how unprepared the nation is to withstand climate-driven catastrophe

Climate change, civil war and international sanctions all contributed to the devastation caused by some of Libya’s worst flooding ever, researchers say

Scientists analyzed nine so-called planetary boundaries and found humans are currently transgressing six

Healthy oceans are central to the well-being of both our species and our entire planet

Since 1970 more than 350 weather stations have experienced at least one six-hour period of a potentially deadly combination of heat and humidity. Scientists expect these episodes will increase as temperatures rise

Historical bad practices have left a legacy of pollution in the fragile ecosystem of Antarctica, but efforts are underway to chart a better future

Humans are feeding the invisible world of ocean microbes a punishing diet of pollutants, boosting the impact of climate change and hastening the destruction of life as we know it

Nearly every person on the planet saw high temperatures that were made at least twice as likely by climate change this summer

Denial of climate change is driven by ideology, leaving its consequences to harm us all—especially the world's poorest