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.

A Democrat-led push to codify the science behind climate change failed on the Senate floor Tuesday evening. A resolution from Environment and Public Works ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), S. Res. 550, would have affirmed that “climate change caused by fossil fuel combustion is not a hoax.”

An unusually brutal winter storm is set to pummel more than 160 million Americans from Friday, as a stretched "polar vortex" sends a devastating blast of Arctic air, bringing heavy snows and freezing rains.

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the mysterious structure of ice, parents' heightened tolerance for disgust, and how penguins are adapting to climate change.

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ground than Republicans.

Henry C. Wu, Scientific Officer, GERICS, discusses the role of evidence and science-based solutions for global climate negotiations as explored at COP30

Science is showing how climate change is increasing catastrophic wildfires around the world, but a new study claims we still lack the basic information to make more precise conclusions about fire and its future impacts.

Changing the source of energy, which fuels growth, will continue to have long-term effects on the earth. India must seek out a new paradigm of progress.