If you liked this story, share it with other people. Human activities have been the major driver of climate change since the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. As greenhouse gas ...
A new wave of climate research is sounding a stark warning: Human activity may be driving drought more intensely — and more directly — than previously understood. This article was originally published ...
The North Atlantic Ocean is warming up. Higher temperatures and increased human activity in the region can trigger abrupt ...
AMES, Iowa – Methane and nitrous oxide emissions that result from human activity make the terrestrial biosphere a net contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study published in ...
As we celebrate Earth Month, we are kicking off a series of retrospectives on National Academies’ reports and activities related to climate science. The National Academies took on the complex ...
The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit. EPA has scrubbed references to people’s contribution to rising temperatures from some of ...
The impacts of human activity and climate change are coalescing to make coastal lagoons saltier, changing the microbial life they support and the function they play in their ecosystems, according to ...
About 3.6 billion people face inadequate access to water one month per year. Climate change and human activity are causing the world's hydrological cycle to spin out of balance, according to a new ...
Click the downloadable graphic: What is attribution science? Humans have increased Earth’s temperature, mainly by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and methane gas. The resulting heat-trapping ...
Don't say the c-word. Global temperatures soared in 2025, but a NASA statement published Wednesday alongside its latest ...