That carbon-major pollution has drained the West of trillions of gallons of water, about the full capacity of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S., the study found.

Recently, a number of new studies and analyses have been published indicating what readers of CCW have long known: recent climate conditions are not historically unusual. An examination of long-term wildfire trends, plus research comparing past climate ...

Leaves are shriveling, and branches cracking from this summer's heat and drought. Researchers at Kew Gardens in London have assessed more than a million public trees in the city and determined that 73 per cent are at risk due to climate change by the end of the century.

The benefits of genomic selection, which uses DNA insights to support breeding for desirable traits, outweighed projected losses from heat stress, substantially altering forecasts of food production, greenhouse gas emissions and land use, the findings of a preliminary analysis show.

Does the devastating flooding unleashed by the collapse of a section of a glacier in the Nepali Himalayas signal a new kind of risk in a world warmed by climate change? Here's what scientists told AFP.

Extreme heat doesn’t just affect children’s bodies. Emerging research suggests it may also increase stress inside families—and the risk of child maltreatment.

As the continent warms, once cooler regions will become prime habitat for mosquitoes and their parasites, while in other regions, heat will lower disease transmission.

The Trump administration move is “politically motivated,” said the plaintiff, one of the nation’s leading environmental groups.