T he hands of the symbolic Doomsday Clock are set at 89 seconds to midnight - closer to global catastrophe than ever before.

Following an internship with The Scientist in 2017, she has been happily freelancing for a number of publications, covering everything from climate change to oncology. View Full Profile. Learn about ...

Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.

The way we use land drives climate change and climate change adds stress to land systems and so worsens existing risks to people and nature. The food system is contributing around a quarter of global ...

Climate change presents serious risk for civil society, business, and ecosystems. The Earth’s climate is changing in response to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and particulate ...

The consequences of climate change—including warming, drought, and sea-level rise—worsen most infectious diseases by facilitating transmission and increasing the severity of outbreaks, according to a ...

Despite a hostile administration, local governments in the West recognize the need to continue the energy transition, and they have plans.