Global heating and its associated environmental disruptions are increasingly affecting human societies through deteriorating public health, economic instability, and social dislocation. Rising ...

A Tulane University-led team of interdisciplinary researchers says coastal Louisiana's climate-driven land loss and ...

The US health care system significantly contributes to climate change while increasingly facing its adverse consequences. Despite this dual challenge, policy efforts to incentivize carbon reduction ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A climate technology advisor, investor and educator. For years we rarely talked about adaptation because it would constitute ...

Extreme heat is a complex public health problem driven by interactions at the individual, community, health system, and policy levels. Participatory systems science engages interested parties to ...

When climate change is discussed, whether at UN climate summits, in company boardrooms or in the media, the focus is often on mitigation (cutting greenhouse gas emissions to achieve net zero).

For the United States to address the global health risks posed by accelerating climate change, it will need to reframe climate adaptation as a pragmatic policy that can bridge partisan divides and ...

As global temperatures rise, many species are scrambling to adapt—or risk extinction. Scientists refer to these animals as "species on the move," but new research suggests the scientific community may ...

There are plenty of forces trying to slow the transition to zero emissions. Populists, protectionists, fossil-fuel lobbies, to name a few. But one of the biggest threats isn’t political, but physical.

The two types of ear wax are likely a human adaptation to suit the temperature and climate — another example of the amazing way in which our bodies have evolved to suit our needs. A leading theory ...

Anna's Hummingbird is one of many species shifting its range north and its breeding earlier in the year. (Photo credit: Will Sweet) As global temperatures rise, many species are scrambling to adapt–or ...