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Almost 2 billion people could see a change in rain patterns if the planet continues to warmHigher global temperatures mean the intertropical convergence zone could shift south — throwing off precipitation trends for a major swath of humanity, according to new research.
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The decline of key Atlantic currents is underway, and it's been flooding parts of the US for 20 yearsNew research has linked sea level rise and an increase in flooding in the U.S. Northeast over the past 20 years to the breakdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).
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Climate change made April's catastrophic floods worse, report findsA report into April's deadly flooding has found that climate change made the central Mississippi River valley's extreme weather event more likely and more intense.
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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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