When a government agency considers tightening a standard on a pollutant, it often considers the proportion of firms that can meet the new standard, because a higher proportion suggests a more feasible standard.

Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that 92 percent of employers who responded to a survey on climate change and public health reported need for public health professionals with training in climate change will very likely increase in the next 5 to 10 years. 

Even in China’s largest, driest, and hottest desert, vegetation sprouts in the spring.

3 forces are influencing where storms are hitting including greenhouse gases.

Temperatures are projected to increase rapidly as a result of human greenhouse gas emissions.

Global surface temperatures were on par with the warmest April on record.

By 2050, the United States will likely be exposed to a larger number of extreme climate events, including more frequent heat waves, longer droughts and more intense floods, which can lead to greater risks for human health, ecosystem stability and regional economies.

Achieving net-zero emissions in California by 2050 can prevent thousands of deaths annually — in every community — researchers say.

A team of fisheries scientists and marine policy experts, led by a University of Rhode Island researcher, examined how climate change is affecting the ocean environment and found that the changing conditions will likely result in increased fisheries-related conflicts and create new challenges in the management of global fisheries.

First study to show koalas drink water by licking tree trunks.