A warmer atmosphere has the potential to hold more moisture, which can contribute to heavier precipitation in any season, scientists say.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Data shows a planet warming faster than policy response, ...
‘Climate change is here’: Experts warn environmental crisis is decades ahead of forecasts - IN FOCUS: Drought, heatwaves, ...
Climate change blind spots are becoming balance sheet liabilities as climate risks affects insurance, reshape asset values, ...
Alice Hill is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. Priyanka Mahat is a research associate for climate change policy. Estimating the ...
Correction: A previous version of this Climate Shift Index Alert quoted the National Weather Service as saying “one of the most dramatic early-season temperature swings in state history…” The correct ...
International collaboration on climate change is fraying. The Trump administration withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement, the 2015 treaty aiming to limit global warming, and has ...
A new analysis of more than 70,000 wild animal species reveals that climate change now threatens thousands of to the planet’s wildlife, along with overexploitation and habitat degradation. The study ...
Food accounts for about one-quarter of all human-caused heat-trapping pollution. Meanwhile, extreme events fueled by our warming climate are impacting every stage of the food supply chain and driving ...