And as the climate change conversation becomes increasingly ubiquitous and complicated, it’s helpful to grasp some of its most significant terms, starting with the definition of “climate change” ...

More than half of adults see climate change as a major threat to the country's well-being, but most states don’t require children to learn about it in school. New Jersey, Oregon, Connecticut and ...

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As an atmospheric scientist who was raised in Philadelphia and has spent much of my profession researching air quality, climate change, and climate extremes in West Africa, the internationally ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday pushed back against a GOP congressman who voiced skepticism about the threat of climate change, suggesting the issue was being used by the Biden ...

It is now a ubiquitous cultural ritual to blame any and every weather event on climate change. Those hot days? Climate change. That hurricane? Climate change. The flood somewhere that I saw on social ...

Almost daily, more headlines about climate change—how it exacerbates natural disasters, impacts tourism, threatens species with extinction, or creates cultural shifts due to sea level rise or drought ...