Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth's average temperatures and weather conditions. The world has been warming up quickly over the past 100 years or so. As a result, weather patterns are changing. Since the 1980s, each decade has been warmer than the previous one, the UK Met Office says.

US President Donald Trump’s contempt for climate action is well-known. He has described climate change as a ‘hoax’, and pulled his country out of the 2015 Paris Agreement immediately after assuming office for the second time in January last year.

I returned home to Kenya’s coast after months of winter in Germany, and the heat felt extreme. Temperatures rose past 35°C by midday under the blazing sun of Kilifi, a tourism destination on Kenya’s shores of the Western Indian Ocean.

As climate change intensifies across geographies, adaptation has emerged as a critical pillar for climate action. The countries now move towards strengthening adaptation strategies, and indicators become critical to measure,

Climate change has a wide range of effects on wildlife. It affects seasonal migration, reproduction times, body size and mass, and disrupts ecological processes, thereby posing challenges for the populations of some species.

‘Solastalgia’ might help explain the negative effects of climate change on mental health, suggests a review of the available research, published in the open access journal BMJ Mental Health. Solastalgia is caused by changes to the home or surrounding ...

For Shannon “SJ” Joslin, who is nonbinary and gay, nature provides comfort when humans simply can’t — or won’t. The former park ranger isn’t seeking acceptance when they set off on another daring adventure through the California wilderness, but rather the absence of approval and rejection entirely.

As climate change reshapes winter in New England, the brutal winds and bitter cold of December felt like a throwback to seasons past. Scientists say these bone-chilling days do not mean that climate change took a vacation. In fact, instead of contradicting ...

Digitally generated post apocalyptic scene depicting a desolate urban landscape with buildings in ruins and cloudy sky. The scene was rendered with photorealistic shaders and lighting in UE4 (Unreal Engine 4.23) with some post-production added. The ...

Programme Manager for the CLARE R41 Opportunities Fund at SouthSouthNorth, Grace O’Donovan, says a new climate-focused project is aimed at bringing journalists and researchers into closer collaboration to improve evidence-based reporting on climate change and resilience across Ghana.