A mountain of scientific research has shown that climate change is making heat waves longer, hotter, more likely, and more dangerous. A recent study published in Nature Climate Change adds ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at ...

Climate change has already touched every corner of the planet and will continue to reshape the human experience for centuries to come, its impacts intensifying as warming grows, scientists warn.

Ozone pollution is a global environmental concern that not only threatens human health and crop production, but also worsens ...

Photograph by NASA 1970: “Environmental Magna Carta” The National Environmental Policy ... The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issues its initial global warming report.

A warming climate is likely to push entire regions ... A frequent contributor to National Geographic in print and online, Elizabeth Royte covers consumption and waste, food, and agriculture.

As climate change increases global temperatures ... As wildfires burn more frequently and intensely, across larger geographic areas and longer seasons, scientists estimate they now contribute ...

When beekeepers introduced honeybees to a protected island, wild bees nearly vanished. Could removing the hives reverse the ...

Climate change has already devastated many ... A version of this story appears in the June 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. The nonprofit National Geographic Society, committed to ...

Composite Photograph by Peter Mauney Scientists have identified key factors contributing to declining firefly populations, including light pollution and climate change. This knowledge gap is a ...

Despite mounting evidence of global warming’s costs, the Trump administration has made multiple moves to avoid tracking ...

Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (EFCC), addressed the Plenary Session of the High-Level ...