Tim Palmer is an emeritus professor of climate science at the University of Oxford, UK, and author of The Primacy of Doubt (2022). What does the science say: hoax, lukewarm inconvenience or ...

“[T]he questions posed by the General Assembly represent more than a legal problem: they concern an existential problem of planetary proportions that imperils all forms of life and the very health of ...

Food accounts for about one-quarter of all human-caused heat-trapping pollution. Meanwhile, extreme events fueled by our warming climate are impacting every stage of the food supply chain and driving ...

There’s mounting evidence that extreme weather is making some everyday stuff more expensive. But how that plays out for you depends several factors.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about ESG policy, laws, and regulations. The ICJ was established in 1945 through the UN Charter to ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the climate might evolve under different policies? The Earth system is a vast ...

This Climate Matters analysis is based on open-access data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). See Methodology for details. More frequent and intense extreme heat — the ...

Quick Take Secretary birds serve as a “living thermometer” for the African savanna because their nesting success directly reflects the health of the grassland ecosystem. The species is currently ...

Coral reefs around the globe have for years suffered publicly in warming oceans, periodically making headlines when iconic underwater landscapes lose their colors and wither during repeated mass ...

Climate change is tightening its grip on the food system. Floods are destroying crops and endangering livestock, while droughts and extreme high temperatures are turning previously fertile land into ...

AMESBURY, ENGLAND. A aerial view of Stonehenge under a blanket of snow. The site is popular gathering spot during the winter solstice. (Photo by Chris Gorman/Getty Images) I am writing this on ...