The review, published today in The Lancet Planetary Health and led by the University of Bristol, shows how prolonged exposure to extreme hot and cold temperatures not only carries greater risk of death but could also be linked to many other health issues, including reduced physical activity and dementia.

In 2020, the Dome Fire swept through Southern California’s Mojave National Preserve, blackening nearly 70 square miles of highly biodiverse desert.

Summer 2024 is on track to be the hottest on record for hundreds of cities across the U.S. and globe. 

University of Queensland research has revealed that informing tourists visiting the Great Barrier Reef about climate impact doesn’t negatively affect their experience and can help encourage climate action.

A new species of Antarctic dragonfish, Akarotaxis gouldae or Banded Dragonfish, has been discovered in waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula by researchers at William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). 

Global warming has fueled an exceptional drought on the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia, a new analysis finds.

On July 24, 2024, lightning ignited what became known as the Wapiti fire in central Idaho.

Valley fever is an emerging fungal disease in the western United States that most often causes flu-like symptoms, but can also cause dangerous or even deadly complications.

While some microbes can make people sick or spoil food, others are critical for survival. 

On Sunday August 18, 2024, a slow moving front accompanied by training storms brought extreme amounts of rain to parts of the Northeast which led to catastrophic flooding.