From extreme temperatures, to fires and floods, 2021 was a year of extremes. This may have been the year the world finally began to pay attention to the mayday calls for climate change and the harmful ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Human activities have been the major driver of climate change since the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. As greenhouse gas ...

The tragic Fourth of July flash flood in Texas that has killed at least 78 people is shining a spotlight on the nation's growing vulnerability to climate disaster. As rescue crews continue their ...

After damaging wildfires in LA, tornadoes and series of floods, the first six months of this year smashed multiple extreme weather records in the U.S., data show — and experts say this trend is likely ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

The increasing regularity and severity of extreme weather events has caused chaos across food and beverage for the past decade. Flooding, drought, and extreme high temperatures have wreaked havoc on ...

Omid Ghasemi receives funding from the Australian Academy of Science. He was a member of the TISP consortium and a co-author of the dataset used in this study. Will firsthand experience of these ...

A 58% majority of Americans say extreme weather is getting worse, a USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds. 30% say they have personally experienced extreme weather, such as heavy rainfall and severe ...

LAS VEGAS — Extreme heat has already taken a deadly toll in the United States this summer, even as some of the hottest weeks are still to come. The Northern Hemisphere is approaching the midway point ...