A landmark assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change says greenhouse gases are unequivocally driving extreme weather, but nations can still prevent the worst impacts...
The first assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change in eight years will sound the alarm on soaring temperatures and other effects of unchecked carbon pollution
Researchers are applying strategies honed during the 2020 US presidential election to track anti-vax propaganda
As the U.S. president announces his advisers and agency heads, Nature’s guide tracks the appointees who matter most to science
The new president has the opportunity to reverse four years of anti-science policies—but he has a hard road ahead as he inherits a nation divided
The coronavirus pandemic, climate change and space exploration are among the issues that Biden will influence if he wins the upcoming U.S. election
U.S. research sees deep cuts in the president’s request for 2021. But Congress has resisted similar reductions in the past
Researchers without access to backup power scramble to save invaluable specimens and expensive reagents
A new U.N. report predicts more powerful storms, increased risk of flooding and dwindling fisheries if greenhouse-gas output doesn’t fall
Critics say the shift away from using animals in safety tests will hamper chemical research and regulations
Tensions are rising as Jair Bolsonaro’s administration questions the work of government scientists and institutes debilitating cuts to research funding
A new rule for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows states to set their own limits on carbon-emission levels
Landmark UN-backed report finds that agriculture is one of the biggest threats to Earth’s ecosystems
The president wants to cut spending at the National Institutes of Health and Environmental Protection Agency, but it is not clear whether Congress will go along
A second wave of closures looms as the government funding fight barrels towards a record-breaking fourth week
Radar instrument aboard a Japanese probe can spot signs of gas seeping from lakes that form as the ground thaws
Humanity has a limited window to avoid the more dire effects of climate change, according to a new climate report
Extreme heat events wreak havoc on marine ecosystems and will only get worse in coming decades
Critics outraged over changes to chemical-safety review guidelines
Uncertainty, hostility and irrelevance are now part of daily life for scientists at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
