The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine had been under pressure from Republican leaders, including President Trump.

Climate change is being driven largely by the greenhouse gases we’ve pumped into the atmosphere, which trap more of the Sun’s energy there. That added energy increases the odds of extreme events: ...

Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming. By Raymond Zhong The nation’s top scientific ...

The National Science Foundation has begun dismantling a major ocean monitoring network more than a decade earlier than planned. Some scientists say it will be a “tragic” loss of crucial information ...

A new study warns climate change could increase the global area susceptible to wildfires in the future, putting many more species at risk than today. Previous research has shown that climate change is ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views of climate change, the environment and related topics. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and ...

Many European forests like this mixed woodland near Krems, Lower Austria, are facing disruptive changes as climate impacts like heat, drought and insect outbreaks amplify each other, sometimes causing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Between climate change and severe droughts across the West, securing California's water future is critical. But at what cost? In a ...

Spring migration has taken flight, but with rising temperatures and shifting seasons, birds are adjusting when and how they migrate to keep up with a rapidly warming climate. Morgan Tingley, a ...