climate change, policy

The Climate Change Indicators site was not updated during Donald Trump’s presidency.

The 46-person panel will identify instances when politics got in the way of science since 2009.

Agency documents, including scientific analyses, included language that misrepresents the uncertainty surrounding climate change, according to a New York Times investigation.

The concentration of the greenhouse gas is now one-and-a-half times what it was before the Industrial Revolution, the World Meteorological Association says.

Signatories of the declaration say the need for governments to act on human-driven climate change is too urgent to stay silent.

The utility company PG&E has cut electricity to much of the Bay Area as a preventive measure.

Environmental activists of all ages took to the streets in cities across the globe.

Those who plan to participate say communication is critical to researchers’ role.

An outspoken critic of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change, Happer is returning to academia after a year in his White House role.

The intergovernmental organization reports “accelerating” species extinctions, with 25 percent of animal and plant species evaluated under threat of extinction.

If greenhouse gas emissions are not curbed, the country’s economy, infrastructure, and health of its population will suffer, according to government scientists.

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change calls for “unprecedented” changes to prevent the Earth’s atmosphere climbing more than 1.5° C above preindustrial levels.

Strong winds and heavy rain can sometimes wash the animals out to sea, but shortages of fresh drinking water and food are more worrisome as sea levels rise.

In a hearing with Senators, meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier avoided climate change questions by saying it wasn’t his expertise.

The nomination of Kelvin Droegemeier has been met positively by members of the scientific community.

A study of 686 fish and invertebrates predicts that some animals will have to shift more than 1,000 kilometers to stay within tolerable temperatures.

Gender discrimination, Brexit, and climate change are among the issues that have received considerable attention from the scientific community this year.

How a new administration in the U.S. affected scientists around the world throughout 2017

French President Emmanuel Macron awards millions of euros in research funding to climate scientists who will relocate from the U.S. and elsewhere to France.