Climate Change

Climate scientists, including pioneer James Hansen, are pinning down a fundamental factor that drives how hot Earth will get

It’s not just nukes: the power at the heart of the Godzilla franchise is our awareness of the global consequences of human folly

Rich nations haven’t met their promises to provide aid to developing countries to adapt to climate extremes, the U.N. says in a new report

A FEMA advisory council says a program that allows developers to elevate homes on fill dirt is environmentally harmful and can increase flood risks for nearby homes

The first fish came to the Great Lakes after glacial retreat created them thousands of years ago. Now those fish are on the move again.

From stray bullets to power companies, humans spark almost all of California’s wildfires

Scientists have proposed a network of supercomputing centers that would focus on local climate impacts

Inequality ensures that feared financial losses moving away from fossil fuels will fall most heavily on the wealthy, and not on the poor and middle class

The number of fatal heart attacks, strokes and arrhythmias could triple for older and Black adults as extreme heat increases with global warming

Warming waters pose a danger to Atlantic salmon. A new effort aims to lower the temperature in waterways used by the fish to spawn

Millions more people in the U.S. may be required to buy flood insurance based on the recommendation of an expert panel at a time when climate-driven floods are becoming increasingly common

Worsening heat waves in agricultural areas of the U.S. are affecting bird reproduction and nestling survival