
Nepalis Adapt to Changing Climate
A new survey aims to reveal how people living at the "third pole" are changing in response to global warming
A new survey aims to reveal how people living at the "third pole" are changing in response to global warming
A new report urges that federal efforts to combat rising ocean acidity must focus on effects on people and the economy
Big ski resorts have the resources to adapt to global warming but smaller hills may be wiped off the map as New England's winters change
Here are just eight examples of where the IPCC missed predictions
Checking 20 years worth of projections shows that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has consistently underestimated the pace and impacts of global warming
High in the Andes and finally open to scientists after years of conflict, Colombia's cloud forests host rich biodiversity, which is being lost before its even documented
High above sea level the mountains regulate water supply for millions in Colombia's cities, but natural flood control works are failing
A generation of extremely efficient farmers increasingly sees irrigation as a nonviable alternative while mulling over a switch from water-intense cotton and wheat to rain-fed sorghum and grains...
Pictures taken from a plane reveal a coastline ravaged by Superstorm Sandy
Beset by subtle biases, women are struggling to find their place in academia, with consequences for all of us
A new study finds that ice fields in southern South America are rapidly losing volume even at the highest elevations
As the American West's fire season bursts to a ferocious start, researchers suggest that the increasingly hotter, drier region is beginning to pay back a fire deficit
A microbiologist is harnessing beneficial bacteria to help coral reefs weather pollution, overfishing and climate change
Drought frequency is expected to triple in the next 100 years. The resulting variability and stress for farmers could prove regionally disabling without new policy
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