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Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study findsExposure to extreme climate events will increase two to seven times more for those born in 2020 compared with those in 1960, a new study warns.
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'The Big One' could rock the Pacific Northwest and fuel sea-level rise and massive floodingThe geology of the Cascadia subduction zone has largely staved off climate-related sea-level rise in the Pacific Northwest, but that could reverse in an instant.
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Climate wars are approaching — and they will redefine global conflictOpinion Climate change's profound reshaping of conflict dynamics is already underway. The question facing humanity now is not whether we will confront these pressures, but how we will choose to do so.
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Ghost forests are growing as sea levels riseAs trees choked by saltwater die along low-lying coasts, marshes may move in — for better or worse, scientists are learning
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A long-lost ice sheet could predict the future of New York City — one in which Lower Manhattan and Coney Island are 'perpetually submerged'Scientists are rethinking what we knew about a vanished ice sheet — and that could spell trouble for New York City.
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The North Pole could shift 90 feet west by 2100As climate change melts ice sheets and glaciers, water is being redistributed across the globe — and could end up moving the point of Earth's axis of rotation.
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Why is this giant desert turning green? Scientists may finally know the answer.Many deserts face worsening droughts, but India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener in the past 20 years due to increased rainfall and expanding agriculture in the region, according to a new study.
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Winter sea ice cover lowest on recordThe Copernicus Climate Change Service has revealed that March 2025 saw the lowest sea ice maximum extent in the 47-year history of the satellite record – the warmest March on record for Europe.
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'Heat is the final boss. Heat is a different beast': The planetary peril no one will be able to avoid"What will be new about heat deaths is the extent to which the lived environment will become physically uninhabitable for everyone, old and young, middle-aged, healthy and ill."
