The world’s largest carbon emitters owe a huge debt to future generations. Some experts say that debt can be quantified ...

" It implied something rare, once-in-a-lifetime, almost mythic in its infrequency. Today, that phrase is starting to lose its meaning entirely. Communities that endured what scientists once classified ...

Smithsonian paleontologist Scott Wing explains a mathematical formula in the online interactive "Prehistoric Climate Change and Why It Matters Today," produced by the ...

Climate change is no longer just about rising temperatures or extreme weather. It is also about where the world's money is going. According to a recent report by the United Nations Environment ...

A new analysis of more than 70,000 wild animal species reveals that climate change now threatens thousands of to the planet’s wildlife, along with overexploitation and habitat degradation. The study ...