Burning fossil fuels has driven climate change, and now climate change is costing people their health and increasingly their lives, says a new report from the prestigious medical journal the Lancet.

Climate change concern has recently skyrocketed, but scientists began warning humanity in the 1800s.

As we head into caucus season, NPR is diving into some of the biggest issues at play in the 2024 election. Today, we take a look at climate policy.

Climate change is a global emergency challenging scientists, engineers, and industry experts from a wide array of disciplines to use their knowledge and skills in pursuit of solutions to protect our ...

In some cases, the impacts of climate change are so clear and so overwhelming, scientists conclude extreme weather events would have been all but impossible without global warming.

Is climate change speeding up? Here’s what the science says. This year’s record temperatures have some scientists concerned that the pace of warming may be accelerating. But not everyone agrees.

Three in four Americans feel they have some responsibility to care for the environment for future generations, political divisions on climate remain.

It’s getting hard to keep track of all the overlapping climate disasters. In Phoenix, Arizona, the temperature has broken 110 degrees for nearly two weeks running. The waters off the Florida ...

Climate change will hurt people around the world. But our political systems have trouble understanding it as an issue of right and wrong.

After another record-breaking year for global temperatures in 2024, pressure is rising on policymakers to step up efforts to curb climate change.

Climate change is tremendously complex — and we’re here to help. The climate desk at The Times has been collecting reader questions and has started answering them here. Type your question in ...