To deliver the transition to a carbon-neutral economy, researchers must rethink funding, global cooperation and how they communicate with policymakers. 

Air pollution is slashing years from billions of people's lives around the world and is a greater threat to life expectancy than smoking, HIV/AIDS or war, a report published Wednesday shows.

As temperatures rise, violence and aggression go up while focus and productivity decline. The well off can escape to cool spaces; the poor cannot.

If SUV drivers were a nation, they would rank seventh in the world for carbon emissions.

Climate change is messing with the size of animals around the world, from birds to mammals to fish.

Nature highlights three key infographics from the week in science and research.

As I write this at the end of July, 79 wildfires are burning across 12 states in the U.S.

It's not just drought and strong winds driving the catastrophic wildfires in southern Europe, fire expert Johann Goldammer says in an interview with DW.

Chemist María Fernanda Cerdá uses natural dyes from Uruguay's indigenous flora to build solar cells.

The most vulnerable developing countries plead for action after a stark warning from a UN panel.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states every corner of the planet is already being affected and it could get far worse.

Report warns temperatures likely to rise by more than 1.5C bringing widespread extreme weather.

Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already set in motion—such as continued sea level rise—are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years.

A shutdown would have devastating global impacts and must not be allowed to happen, researchers say.

Researchers say 'overexploitation of the Earth' has seen many of its 'vital signs' deteriorate to record levels.

Scientists are increasingly concerned climate change is making fires more frequent and more intense.

Hundreds of scientists and policy experts left the government during the Trump administration. The jobs remain unfilled nearly six months into President Biden's term.

The analysis draws on public health studies that conclude that for every 4,434 metric tons of CO2 produced, one person globally will die.

The proposals, expected Wednesday, are likely to be more ambitious and specific than other countries' efforts to fight climate change and may include a border tax on imports deemed to be polluting.

Research combines data from fossils with climate models, revealing the effect of climate on body and brain size.

To help planners adapt to a warming world, find ways to make predictions practical.

Two-thirds of the world's rainforests have been wiped out or degraded, according to a 2020 analysis.

Leaders in the South Bay are trying out a radical new approach to designing climate solutions.

Around the world, dozens of ingenious projects are trying to 'trick' the ocean into absorbing more CO2. But critics warn of unforeseen consequences