Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of objective, empirical evidence. They are not cynics; they just ask themselves and ...

Rapid changes in climate in the polar regions are causing observable ecological impacts of various types and degrees of severity at all ecosystem levels. Even larger changes and more significant ...

Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was first published in 1859, introducing much of the world to evolutionary theory. By that time, Darwin had lived through most of the first Industrial ...

New evidence shows melt ponds in the northern parts of the Arctic may be biological sources of ice-nucleating particles, a ...

For many years, climate change has appeared in headlines, policy debates, and scientific reports. The phrase itself can sound overwhelming. It can feel like something distant, complicated, or ...

Journalists discussed localizing climate change stories at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference. Reporters based in Arizona, Wisconsin and Florida shared region-specific climate ...

A triple threat of pollution, extinction and warming temperatures is altering the way the planet smells. Scientists are only ...

“It’s not going to affect us” is what I usually hear from my friends and classmates whenever the topic of climate change comes up. This apathy towards climate change, in my opinion, is the exact ...

Researchers have uncovered the locations of 37 subglacial lakes in Canada’s Arctic, 35 of them discovered for the very first ...

While climate change can elicit strong feelings of anxiety, dread, and hopelessness, there are tangible tools that can help ...