Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò Assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown University. Climate change is an existential threat to humanity and to human society.

The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming.

Comment and Environment Why climate change fades into the background – and how to change that The public is tuning out the seemingly slow warming of the world, but it doesn't have to be that way ...

Climate change is making heat waves like the one that lingered over much of the U.S. this week more frequent and intense. The Eastern U.S. sweltered under a heat dome in recent days, with some citi… ...

Dr. Hsiang and Dr. Burke are professors at Stanford who measure how climate influences human health and economic systems. We study the effects of climate change on people. We know, from the best ...

“Americans aren’t afraid of climate change,” Enten concluded. “Climate activists have not successfully made the case to the American people.” Perhaps not, but neither have most journalists.

“Climate change amplifies existing risks,” Faranda said. “The physics is clear: a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor, so when it rains, it tends to pour.” ...

The analysis found that in the 12 cities, 1,500 of 2,300 estimated heat deaths could be connected to climate change, compared with a toll of roughly 770 without its effects.

While it's problematic to attribute any specific weather event solely to climate change, global warming is amplifying naturally occurring events, like the torrent of rain that fell on the ...

A family visit to Washington D.C. museums reveals how climate change narratives and DEI messaging have become prominent at Smithsonian ahead of America's 250th anniversary ...

Climate change has pushed up global temperatures over the past few decades, and that extra heat is costing people sleep already, the study found.

Climate change–produced alterations in rainfall and temperature can shift plant habitats. But more than 87 percent of flowering plants also need a pollinator to thrive.