Climate Change

New research says climate change was responsible for yet another withering heat wave, which baked South Asia in April

One of the next five years will almost certainly be the hottest on record, and there’s a two-in-three chance one year will cross the crucial global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees C

The Department of Energy is launching an initiative to mimic climate disasters and other threats against the power grid

Permafrost can—incongruously—be found in Hawaii, but surveys show it has been shrinking over time, in part because of climate change

Efforts to eradicate invasive rats that have decimated native species on islands around the world are beginning to bear fruit

A potentially record-setting heat wave is headed for the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, a sign of the shift to hotter—and earlier—summers

The EPA has announced new draft rules that would require power plants that burn fossil fuels to capture 90 percent of their climate-warming emissions

A combination of climate change and unsustainable agricultural practices could lead to Dust Bowl–like conditions

High temperature records have been set from Portugal to Thailand as heat waves fueled by climate change have arrived early this spring

A new program looks to replant warm weather trees in northern Minnesota to help them adjust to a rapidly warming world

A future with fewer people offers increased opportunity and a healthier environment

Many bird species are producing fewer offspring as global temperatures rise, and larger migratory species are particularly affected