The main causes of climate change — particularly the rapid global warming observed since the pre-industrial period — are almost entirely driven by human activities that increase greenhouse gas ...

While Earth’s climate has changed many times in history, there is unequivocal scientific consensus that our world is now heating up at an unprecedented pace, driven by human activities such as the ...

Rising sea levels threaten coastal communities with increased flooding and erosion. This article examines the impacts and solutions to protect vulnerable areas.

Teens have a shaky understanding of the causes of climate change and the strong scientific consensus around the fact that human activity is driving up global temperatures, according to a report. A ...

ALBANY - Students must learn about climate change and environmental stewardship, the Board of Regents has decided. The topic has been required in high school science classes for years. But now it must ...

Withdrawing from the world’s premier climate science organization supports the president’s views about global warming. When the White House announced Wednesday that it would withdraw from dozens of ...

When we talk about climate change, the conversation almost always veers toward rising sea levels or extreme weather events.

Climate change has many adverse effects on the environment and our health, including higher rates of self-reported anxiety. In a recent study published by the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Climate, ...

Attribution researches the influence of climate change on local weather and impacts. We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around ...

Students from Albany High School participate in a fish identifying workshop during the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s 23rd annual celebration of A Day in the Life of the Hudson and ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed several mentions of human activity on a webpage related to the causes of climate change. Last week, the EPA quietly updated a page on its site ...