Climate Change

Plants that depend on wind for pollination or seed dispersal may face challenges as warming temperatures force species to shift their ranges, according to a new study.

Thousands of plant and animal species are already shifting their ranges in response to a changing climate. Will they be welcome?

Environmental, economic and political forces have converged, threatening to finally upend fossil fuel dominance.

Areas with natural buffers from the effects of climate change could play a vital role in conservation efforts. New research helps to better understand them.

Cash payments from the government could help ease the transition to a climate-safe economy and weather the natural and economic storms to come.

Two recent studies find different factors increasing wildfire risk across California and the Pacific Northwest, but the solutions in each location are similar.

New research reveals a creeping, permanent dryness expanding across the United States. It’s much more than “drought,” and researchers hope more accurate descriptions will spur critical action.

We’re already seeing signs of accelerated forest mortality around the world. And it’s not just arid regions that may see forest die-offs, new research finds.

A summer of extremes leaves sobering questions about the state of Earth’s largest store of ice, capable of inundating coastlines worldwide as it melts.

California newts faced the worst drought conditions in 1,200 years, but new research finds that the lack of precipitation may not have been their biggest threat.