Climate change refers to a statistically defined change in the average and/or variability of the climate system, this includes the atmosphere, the water cycle, the land surface, ice and the living ...

As the senior climate editor at NPR, when extreme weather impacts us, I often send out guidance to the newsroom to help everyone understand the role of climate change. Here's what I tell them.

Imagine a snowball rolling down a hill. As it rolls, it picks up more and more snow, getting larger and heavier. The bigger it gets, the faster it rolls and the more snow it collects. Something ...

Glaciers and permafrost in the Himalayas are melting faster as temperatures rise, though scientists are still studying the exact causes of this week’s landslide.

We are told that 2030 is a significant year for global sustainability targets. What could we really achieve comprehensively from now until then, especially with climate change dominating so many ...

These maps reveal how climate change influences daily local weather, ocean temperatures, and tropical cyclones. Climate Shift Index: Tropical Cyclone Find out how climate change has shaped past and ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world cannot allow countries and cultures to vanish beneath the ...

Although local adaptation influences species distributions, its role in driving evolutionary resilience under climate change remains unclear. Current predictive models focus on genetic adaptation to ...

If you’re a millennial like me, climate anxiety is practically in your DNA. I’ve lived through my fair share of climate change-induced disasters, and 2024’s Hurricane Helene was just the latest and ...

Learn how climate change occurs and why humans are causing it. CFR Education aims to build global affairs literacy by providing free, nonpartisan resources and programming to help high school and ...