Kōura, Aotearoa’s freshwater crayfish, live in lakes and rivers. Kōura may be sensitive to rising water temperatures as our climate warms. Terrestrial environments Many native birds and insects living ...

A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of ...

A groundbreaking discovery has emerged from the frozen expanse of Antarctica, where scientists have unearthed a lost world hidden beneath the ice for millions of years. This ancient ecosystem, ...

Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events—such as atmospheric rivers—by 2100, with implications for future sea level rise.

KEY FACTS Oceans made warmer by human-caused climate change are fueling more intense hurricanes in the Atlantic — that bring heavier rainfall and higher storm surge when they make landfall ...

Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in check over Antarctica, new research published May 22 finds. Specifically, ammonia released from penguin poop (aka guano) may ...

Ammonia released from penguin guano may help to reduce the effects of climate change in the Antarctic by contributing to increased cloud formation, according to an analysis published in&nbsp ...

Today, six years after that 10-year window closed, catastrophic climate change has not occurred, even as the planet has indeed continued to warm due primarily to the combustion of fossil fuels.

About the same portion (31%) said they were too pressed for time. Lower percentages said they didn’t believe climate change should be taught in school (9%) or feared parental pushback (6%).

COMMENTARY Climate change is both predictable and unpredictable. We don't need certainty to know it's a crisis The next climate disaster is sure to come. When and where is the question ...

The Global Change Research Program, which conducts climate assessments, was established by Congress after action taken by President George H.W. Bush, who had been in the oil industry.

Flooding in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2023. By 2049, costs from the effects climate change could total more than $38 trillion annually. Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich/EPA, via Shutterstock ...