An aerial image shows a part of Turkana South Island in Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake, in northern Kenya. An aerial image shows a part of Turkana South Island in Lake Turkana, the ...

A monitor reads the current temperature as 100 degrees Fahrenheit outside a building during a heatwave in Dallas, Texas, US, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. A monitor reads the current temperature as 100 ...

As a research assistant at the Indian Institute of Science in the mid-2000s, Karthick Balasubramanian monitored the water quality of major South Indian rivers. As part of this work, he would travel to ...

Food accounts for about one-quarter of all human-caused heat-trapping pollution. Meanwhile, extreme events fueled by our warming climate are impacting every stage of the food supply chain and driving ...

In 2025, carbon pollution made 89% of record high daily temperatures set across 247 major U.S. cities more likely — and influenced risky extreme heat events around the globe. Hurricane Melissa, the ...

Do people see climate change affecting their area? A median of 74% across nine middle-income countries say global climate change is affecting the area where they live at least somewhat, while 24% say ...

This year’s U.N. climate talks are being held in Brazil. So far, they’ve been noteworthy for who isn’t attending. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. This week, leaders from around the world ...

The annual gathering of top business leaders and policymakers used to be a center of the global climate movement. Things are much more complicated now. By David Gelles All week at the World Economic ...

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Ciaran Doolin works as a meteorologist at MetService – Te Ratonga Tirorangi. Climate change may seem a uniquely 21st-century concern, but people have been wrestling with the idea for a long time. My ...