By walking more, tweaking your diet and conserving energy, you can help the world avoid a full-blown climate catastrophe.

Greenhouses can be good for growing plants. But when applied to the whole planet, the greenhouse effect is bad news. We call the compounds in the atmosphere that trap Earth’s heat, such as carbon ...

Yes, climate change is a complex and complicated issue that finds itself right at the intersection of science, engineering, technology, economics, politics, and social-environmental justice. Climate ...

Global temperatures and rain patterns are affected by a climate phenomenon known as El Niño/La Niña.

44 degrees, or about half way between its extremes, and this angle is very slowly decreasing in a cycle that spans about 41,000 years. 5 degrees relative to its orbital plane around the sun, is the ...

The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new study conducted by University of Maryland researchers. This represents roughly an area the size of South Dakota being ...

Telling the story of our lives—climate change—takes a lot of words. But sometimes, a graphic is what makes things click. Whoever coined the adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” was likely not ...

‘Solastalgia’ might help explain the negative effects of climate change on mental health, suggests a review of the available research, published in the open access journal BMJ Mental Health.

A hotel beachfront in Kilifi, Kenya with stone structures built as protection against rising ocean waters. Courtesy Lucy Atieno. Author provided (no reuse) I returned home to Kenya’s coast after ...