‘Doomsday Clock’ moves closer to midnight over threats from nuclear weapons, climate change and AI

A science-oriented advocacy group moved its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds to midnight, saying the Earth is closer than ever ...

California’s iconic Highway 1 is fighting a losing battle against climate change. Can it survive?

California marked a milestone this month with the return of an uninterrupted Highway 1 through the perilous, yet spectacular ...

National Park Service removes climate change facts sign from Civil War landmark Fort Sumter: report

The New York Times reported that the National Park Service removed a sign warning about the effects of climate change on the ...

Is climate change weakening the polar vortex?

Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all ...

How cuts to federal climate funds could threaten polar vortex research

Tens of millions of people are in the path of a major winter storm. Federal cuts threaten efforts to understand the causes of such weather.

‘Climate change is here’: Experts warn environmental crisis is decades ahead of forecasts

Last year was the third hottest on record, with the World Meteorological Organization this week warning that 2025 continued a ...

Snowmakers feel the heat as climate change tests Milano Cortina Winter Games

Snowmaking teams are racing to create competition conditions for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics within ever-narrower cold windows, as climate change steadily reshapes the limits of what ...

'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight over threats from nuclear weapons, climate change, AI

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists cited risks of nuclear war, climate change, potential misuse of biotechnology and the ...

In polar regions, microbes are influencing climate change as frozen ecosystems thaw

Microbes across Earth's coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating ...