Current global climate models (GCMs) support with high confidence the view that rising greenhouse gases and other anthropogenic forcings account for nearly all observed global surface warming—slightly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Climate change as defined by the United Nations refers to ...

Adaptation refers to efforts to reduce the risks of climate variability and change and make a system more resilient. Adapting agriculture to climate change can better prepare farmers and producers for ...

The University of Wisconsin Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences welcomed senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado Clara Deser as their 15th ...

Climate change is no longer a distant forecast; it is a present-day reality reshaping ecosystems, economies, and human societies across the globe. From record-breaking temperatures to shifting weather ...

We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around the world that was made more likely by human-caused climate change. Climate Matters is ...

Much of the US just sweltered through the July 4 holiday weekend as an intense heat dome bore down, straining power grids and prompting the cancellation of many events. Washington, DC, saw a high of ...

Instead of asking whether climate change caused a heatwave, we should ask how much hotter it became because of fossil fuel emissions.

From a spring full of tornadoes to summers with extreme heat and flooding, Illinois communities are already living through the impacts of climate change. Be part of the ...