Irina Marinov, associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a research community focused ...

The World Meteorological Organization confirmed in March 2025 that 2024 was the hottest year on record and the first year in ...

A recent analysis has identified some of the world's most iconic UNESCO World Heritage Sites as being at significant risk from climate-related threats, including 21 in the United States ...

As the Russia-Ukraine war rages on and the Israel-Iran conflict intensifies, the world has become more chaotic, and so has ...

A new study warns that the planet’s climate zones could undergo dramatic shifts within the next 77 years. As global temperatures rise, research shows that up to half of Earth’s land area could ...

Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet heats up, new research predicts —and the world is not prepared.

A terrifying map has outlined large swaths of the U.S. at risk of being wiped out in the event the “doomsday glacier” melts, ...

New research shows that by 2050 an additional 1 billion people will live in areas with high levels of water stress. See where water is scarcest in the world — and why we need to conserve.

Warming severity "hotspots" in Arctic-boreal region between 1997-2020. Christina Shintani / Woodwell Climate Research Center Map of areas that experienced vegetation climate stress in the Arctic ...

In some parts of the world, climate zones have already shifted considerably since Köppen drew his first climate map more than a century ago. The fastest change has been in the last few decades.

Climate researchers say between 1911 and 2022, Atlantic City's sea level has risen 18.2 inches, more than double the global average. The reason is two forces happening at once.

It’s one of more than 70,000 individual sources of climate pollution listed on a new map made from what is now the largest, most detailed database of greenhouse gas emissions in the world ...