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.

Scientists are racing to boost early warning systems as climate change pushes tornadoes into unpredictable new patterns.

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

Now a new study links sleep loss—and by extension, all the problems that come with it—with climate change. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen found that ever-warmer nighttime ...

Global temperatures hit record highs the past three years in a row—and the people of the Pacific have been feeling the effects. The Pacific region has experienced devastating cyclones, storm ...

A caribou in Alaska's Denali National Park. In Greenland, climate change has increased caribou mortality, because the abundance of forage plants now peaks before the animals arrive on their summer ...

This story is part of the National Geographic 33 ... A recent study found that climate change has made the season roughly a week shorter than it was 50 years ago. “If the resorts’ chairlifts ...

Four ways the world has profoundly changed for today's young people, according to a comprehensive new global report.

After largely recovering from decades of overhunting, one of the most iconic whale species may be at risk from climate change, as warming waters could force it away from its traditional breeding ...

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.