Environment

President Donald Trump lashed out at 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday, a day after she was named by Time as its Person of the Year, calling her selection “ridiculous."

Drought, intense heat waves, exceptional precipitation and record-low sea ice were extreme weather events made more likely by human-caused climate change, according to new research published Monday. 

North American migratory birds have been getting smaller over the past four decades and the reason appears to be related to climate change, according to findings from a University of Michigan-led analysis of a large dataset.

A study found that hotter temperatures could put pregnant women at risk of giving birth earlier than expected, sometimes as early as two weeks.

The whale was found with roughly 220 pounds of garbage and debris, including sections of net, plastic cups and bags.

A child born today will experience a world more than four degrees warmer than the pre-industrial average, and it will affect every stage of their life in profound and troubling ways.

Insect and spider populations are falling dramatically across the globe, spurring concern throughout the scientific community, and a new study suggests that the decline may be happening more quickly and extensively than previously suspected.

NASA scientists said elevated greenhouse gas levels are responsible for the increased dryness, as well as the burning of forests to clear land for agriculture and grazing.

More than 11,000 scientists from around the world have issued a warning about climate change, declaring "clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency," in a new report published in BioScience.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed that last month was the hottest October on record globally, according to data released by the European organization. 

The United States has told the United Nations it has begun the process of pulling out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement.

"What we need is for our rulers and politicians to listen to the research," the 16-year-old climate activist was quoted as saying.

A gigantic iceberg broke off Antarctica recently, but scientists say the incident is part of a normal cycle and not related to climate change.

Italian authorities are bracing for the worst, after reports from experts at the Valle d’Asota regional government, and the Fondazione Montagna Sicura (Safe Mountain Foundation) found that a giant piece of a glacier on Mont Blanc’s Italian side could collapse at any given moment. 

Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report Wednesday.

Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, delivered a powerful speech to the United Nations General Assembly Monday, warning world leaders to take climate change seriously or the population will suffer.

Young people afraid for their futures protested around the globe Friday to implore leaders to tackle climate change, turning out by the hundreds of thousands to insist that the warming world can't wait any longer.

More than one-in-four birds has vanished from the North American landscape in the last 50 years, according to new research published in the journal Science Thursday. Because birds are indicators of environmental health, these findings are deeply concerning to scientists.