Climate extremes are intensifying fastest in an unexpected part of the Amazon, where extreme dry-season temperatures are ...

A new assessment from the United States’ most influential science advisory panel says climate attribution science has moved beyond asking whether human-caused global warming is driving deadly heat ...

Much of the U.S. just sweltered through intense heat waves, putting strain on power grids and prompting the cancellation of many events. In Europe, punishing temperatures pushed thermometers as high ...

When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused climate change influence this event, if at all? For many years, scientists ...

New research has found that tree species diversity can play a crucial role in protecting forests from the growing threat of extreme climate events. The study analyzed data from 88,116 separate forest ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Ministry for the Future," a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million ...