The rising global temperatures are not only altering weather patterns but also disrupting brain functions. Research has shown that prolonged exposure to heat leads to increased stress hormone ...

Boreal forests and Arctic tundra are underlain by millions of square kilometers of permafrost, and scientists are still unsure of how the thawing of this long-frozen soil will affect the climate.

Prolonged droughts, wildfires and water shortages. Torrential downpours that overwhelm dams and cause catastrophic flooding. Around the globe, rising temperatures stoked by climate change are ...

Alice Hill is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. Priyanka Mahat is a research associate for climate change policy. Estimating the ...

Climate change is increasingly affecting wildlife habitat distribution. Globally, many plant and animal species move to ...

A University of Oregon researcher's examination of urban mobility and climate change offers perhaps the most comprehensive insights to date on extreme weather events and public transit ridership.

At first glance, Harvard Forest seems like an ordinary woodland. Oak trees shade the terrain among small shrubs and other trees, mostly maple, birch and beech. Fallen leaves coat the ground below.

Climate regulation in the United States has never been more complicated or more contested than it is right now. Between sweeping federal rollbacks, surging state-level mandates, and landmark ...

This is part of the Disaster 101 toolkit, a comprehensive guide to extreme weather preparation, response, and recovery. Extreme weather seems to make the headlines almost every week, as disasters ...