Eight pairs of eyes scanned the desert brush through binoculars for signs of life. Without notice, a flash of bright yellow ...

First of all, the fossil-fuel industry is responsible for setting the Earth on fire. It has been causing climate change for a century-and-a-half. Moreover, this industry has been undermining the ...

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A great armada entered the North Atlantic, launched from the cold shores of North America. But rather than ships off to war, this force was a fleet of icebergs. And the havoc it wrought was to the ...

In a year of both upheaval and hope for our planet, here are a few of the highs and lows of humanity’s effect this year.

Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of fire weather days. Occasionally, on a breezy but otherwise ...

Many allergy sufferers dread the first warm days of spring, when the air fills with pollen from blooming flowers and trees. As the climate gets hotter, that season of dread is getting longer. Hotter ...

Physicist Steven Koonin says climate science is far from settled and we are a long way from having good enough knowledge to make wise climate policy. That view is not news to climate skeptics, but it ...