An aerial image shows a part of Turkana South Island in Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake, in northern Kenya. Editor at Large Climate change does its damage in a lot of ways—birthing ...

“Storms are a natural part of Earth's system and are not going away,” William Ripple, co-lead author of the 2025 State of the ...

A new research project, Plant Futures, envisions how a flower might respond to climate change over time. Flowers play a key role in most landscapes, from urban to rural areas. There might be ...

The possibility of snow in Tampa, Fla. Record heat and fires in Australia. Scientists say climate change is exacerbating ...

It’s often assumed that lower birthrates could help slow climate change and A.I. disruption. The reality is more complex.

Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of objective, empirical evidence. They are not cynics; they just ask themselves and ...

A new study challenges the idea that climate change drove early human innovation. Instead, researchers find that cultural developments arose under different environmental conditions, shaped by ...