The many consequences of climate change are already unfolding across the U.S., and some require more urgent attention.

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“Earth’s climate system is moving deeper into uncharted territory,” scientists warn.

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NASA and NOAA keep separate definitions for global warming and climate change. One is a temperature number. The other covers ...

The scientific evidence for human-caused global warming is stronger than ever, according to a major new review in Earth’s ...

The Trump administration killed the National Climate Assessment. The researchers who were working on it aren't giving up ...

Earth faces "rapid destabilization" as a result of climate change, an international group of scientists find in the latest edition of an annual checkup of the planet's "vital signs." "This is no ...

Henri Drake, UC Irvine assistant professor of Earth system science, has been named a 2026 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Drake is one of 20 ...

Climate and weather are words we encounter on a regular basis. Learn about the distinction in what our planet experiences.

Global demand for metals has driven a fourfold increase in the extraction of ores such as iron and copper over the past half ...

Atrazine, banned by 63 other countries, is linked to lymphomas, breast cancer, reduced fertility and multiple birth ...