Temporary overshoot of global temperature targets—particularly the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement—is no longer just a ...

As the planet warms, many expected ecosystems to change faster and faster. Instead, a massive global study shows that species turnover has slowed by about one-third since the 1970s. Nature’s constant ...

Humans are a coastal species. More than one in ten people in the world live within three miles of the shore, and about 40 ...

In a new study led by the University of Michigan, researchers have shown that batteries have gotten a lot better over the ...

Many insects feel right at home in the hot, humid environments of the tropics; more than 70 percent of the world’s insect species live in such regions. Climate change, however, is pushing their heat ...

Described as nature’s “self-repairing engine,” short-term species turnover isn’t increasing as scientists expect—and that’s a ...

A group of experts is pushing for a global assessment of avoidable climate risks to help inform governments and citizens.

Carbon markets rewarding the recovery of degraded environments risk penalizing long-term Indigenous stewardship, according to a coalition of experts writing in Nature Climate Change. The article by ...

America’s national parks were conceived as sanctuaries from the forces remaking the rest of the continent. Climate change is now breaching that boundary. A recent assessment of park vulnerability ...

Newly released US Department of Justice documents reveal Jeffrey Epstein's unsettling private views, as the disgraced financier casually framed climate change as nature's ruthless tool for curbing ...