Climate change is making plastic pollution more mobile, toxic, and widespread, accelerating risks for wildlife, ecosystems, and people.

Earth's climate has swung between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, driven by subtle changes in our planet's ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ...

Large swaths of the Earth’s oceans are being hammered by multiple climate impacts at once, scientists say — a trend that ...

EPA has scrubbed references to people’s contribution to rising temperatures from some of its climate change webpages. The ...

Some wildfires are so intense, they create their own weather—thunderstorms driven by heat that hurtle smoke as high as 10 ...

Irina Marinov, associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a research community focused on understanding global climate impacts, risks, and vulnerabilities to ...

Rising heat and habitat loss force species to adapt. Learn how Asian elephants struggle to survive and the conservationists ...

The Arab region just had its hottest year on record, a new climate report reveals.

EarthLab released its second impact report, focusing on the changing future for environmentally focused research. Important highlights include the lab’s major accomplishments across climate, community ...

An E.P.A. site listing the causes of climate change no longer includes the main one: human activity. The Environmental ...