Exposing the risks posed by heat behind bars requires coverage at the intersection of public health, climate change and ...

As coastal Georgia rapidly develops and approaches an abnormally wet hurricane season, its flood zone maps need an upgrade.

Climate change is exacerbating extreme heat waves across the country, burdening families, putting Americans’ health at risk, ...

Countries must address climate change threat, U.N.'s highest court says The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental ...

The rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution calculated that climate change might have tripled the death toll from the event.

The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states have a legal obligation to tackle climate change and that failing to do so was a "wrongful act" that could open the door to reparations.

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of natural disasters like hurricanes and floods. Human actions, such as coastal development, can exacerbate the impact of natural disasters.

Now a study by Lehner and his team, published in Nature Geoscience, shows that climate change and aerosols have indeed led to lower precipitation in the Southwest and made drought inevitable.

Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel extreme downpours like those that struck Texas during the July 4 weekend.

The Trump administration will propose the repeal of a landmark 2009 determination that climate change poses a danger to the public, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin sa… ...