Out of a total of 4 hours’ debate time, there were less than 15 minutes of discussion about the climate crisis—even though the Democratic base has been asking for a full-scale primary debate solely on climate change. The Democratic National Committee still says no. What gives?

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We’ve all got that unpleasant relative—call him Uncle Pete—who spoils the family dinner by repeating false claims he found on the internet or heard on talk radio. Here’s some sage advice on how to respond, from an actual climate scientist, Richard Somerville—who won an award for climate communication.

The media’s minimization of this looming disaster is one of our great journalistic failures. But the press may at last be waking up to the defining story of our time.

How minor environmental disruptions can trigger major migrations.

An interview with Thomas R. Knutson, senior scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A complicated senator bucked his party and took action to combat climate change in the early 2000s.

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Widespread societal and behavioral changes are necessary to reduce carbon emissions, but global inequality is standing in the way.

Recent research has shown that tipping points and cascades are already occurring, not at 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius of warming, but right now.

The new legislation goes beyond the state’s previous goal of bringing emissions down to 1990 levels by the end of this decade and calls instead for hitting the “much more ambitious target” of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. 

In 2021, the solemn August 6th and 9th anniversaries of the US atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are set against a concerning backdrop. Global vaccine distribution for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is deeply unequal, even as the delta variant surges. Climate change is wreaking havoc around the globe. In this opinion piece, the author offers opportunities to reflect on humanity’s past and ongoing engagement with nuclear weapons, despite a perfect storm of other existential threats.

Should animal adaptations to climate change inspire fear or wonder? 'Evolution Earth,' a new PBS documentary series, suggests a bit of both.

More than 350 students—typically valedictorians—had wanted to talk about climate change in their farewell addresses at graduation. But many said they were barred from doing so, on the grounds that the global climate emergency is too political to mention.

John Morales made history as the first degreed meteorologist on Spanish TV. And he's breaking the mold in another way, arguing in favor of facts and evidence for climate change.

Our experts' best writing on the climate, in a year when climate news took center stage.

We've all got that unpleasant relative–call him Uncle Pete–who comes to dinner and spoils the family mood by making false claims about climate change, which he found on talk radio or the Internet. How to respond? Some sage advice from an actual climate scientist—who was previously awarded a Climate Communication Prize by the American Geophysical Union.