The world is moving in a perilous direction when it comes to planet-warming methane emissions, which are soaring to record highs driven largely by human activity, new research warns. In April of this ...

This article was originally featured in The Conversation. Wildfires are becoming increasingly destructive across the U.S., as the country is seeing in 2024. Firefighters were battling large blazes in ...

July 19 was the hottest day ever recorded in the United Kingdom, with temperatures surpassing 40 degrees Celsius (about 104 degrees Fahrenheit). The heatwave serves as an early preview of what climate ...

Humans are driving migratory animals—sea turtles, chimpanzees, lions, and penguins, among dozens of other species—towards extinction, according to the most comprehensive assessment of migratory ...

One night back in 2016, Shane Campbell-Staton couldn’t sleep. Doing what any person who feels inexplicably restless at 3 a.m. might do, biologist Campbell-Staton embarked down a YouTube rabbit hole. A ...

On August 16, 2012, residents of the tiny Dutch village of Huizinge were rattled by an inexplicably large 3.6 magnitude earthquake. Gas extraction in the nearby Groningen gas field, one of the largest ...

“My whole life flashed before my eyes” is a phrase we often hear regarding near-death experiences – and there just might be some truth to it. Scientists have recorded the activity of a dying human ...

Most of the world’s scientists agree that climate change is driven by greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere by human activity, such as fossil fuel burning. Weather modification such as cloud ...

Hundreds of scientists reviewed more than 14,000 studies tracking climate change evidence worldwide. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...