Extreme event attribution examines the human fingerprint on weather-related disasters by comparing our current world to idealized one without human influence.
Researchers warn we risk losing a sustainable future if we don’t take action to conserve insects and address climate change. They also offer solutions.
Without governments across the globe united in a plan of action, there's not much one person can do about the overall problem - except vote out the creepy science deniers at the next opportunity. But we can make a few changes as individuals.
New analysis of hundreds of human fossils, some 1 million years old, suggests the average human body size has fluctuated as the planet's climate periodically warmed and cooled.
The San Joaquin Valley has received a specially addressed message from the Union of Concerned Scientists about what it thinks people across the region should be doing about looming water shortages, worsening air quality and generally more volatile weather in the years ahead.
The World Economic Forum warned that one-third of the world's population could be living in locations as hot as the Sahara desert in the next 50 years if world leaders don't take "decisive action" on climate change.
