These are two examples of how climate scientists manipulate data to generate scary-looking charts. Global warming is real, but using statistical tricks to frighten people into panicking about it ...

The wind whips up embers as the Palisades fire burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles, California, on January 7, 2025. (Reuters: Ringo Chiu) Extreme heat, droughts, storms and deadly ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from international organizations affiliated with the United Nations leaves the country without a meaningful voice in global climate talks. In an ...

The US has pledged to pull out of dozens of international organizations and treaties established to advance the protection of the planet. But it doesn't spell the end of environmental action.

The world is now moving into the latter half of a critical decade to fight climate change. Scientists have warned that nations need to cut carbon emissions nearly 50% by 2030 to stave off 1.5C ...

A widely cited study on economic damage from climate change was retracted Wednesday following criticism from peers. The research, published last year in the prestigious journal Nature, projected that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some countries' leaders are watching rising seas threaten to swallow their homes. Others are watching their citizens die in floods, hurricanes and heat waves, all exacerbated by ...

“It’s almost impressive how incorrect he’s able to be about an article he’s looking directly at," one expert said. Reading time 3 minutes Podcaster and former UFC commentator Joe Rogan isn’t exactly ...

Canada's worst wildfire season on record tarnished the country's air quality and had similar effects on pollution in parts of the United States, according to a new report. University of Chicago ...

Members of a rescue team look for missing people on the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on July 6, 2025, following severe flash flooding that occured during the July 4 holiday weekend. AFPCaption ...

"There's no such thing as a natural disaster," geographers like to say—a reminder that human choices turn hazards into tragedies. The Texas flash floods this weekend that left more than a hundred dead ...

John O’Loughlin, College Professor of Distinction in Geography and Fellow, Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS), received a National Science Foundation grant in August 2024 for a study of climate ...