Blistering temperatures exacerbated by high humidity are not just uncomfortable but dangerous.

A new study led by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health finds that weather conditions such as temperature and humidity can help predict when flu outbreaks occur and how severe they will become across North, Central and South America.

Last fall, a group of 12 students huddled around their laptops in a dark room in the Jackson School of Geosciences building.

In many fish species, water temperature determines the sex of the fry.

Rainfall history is just as critical to predicting air pollution as where the air came from, a team led by University of Michigan Engineering researchers has discovered, in collaboration with scientists at the Appalachian Mountain Club and Plymouth State University.

Climate change could push UK rivers to dangerous extremes and see more frequent rapid swings between wet and dry conditions – a phenomenon known as hydroclimatic whiplash – according to research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA).

In recent years, marine heatwaves have been taking an ever-greater toll on the world’s oceans and their ecosystems.

Climate warming contributes to the thawing of permafrost soils all over the world.

Imagine returning to a favorite hiking trail 15 years after your first visit and discovering that many of the plants and animals that once lived there are gone.

Climate extremes such as heatwaves and droughts pose increasing threats to human safety, economies, and ecosystems in a warming climate.