Andrea Thompson

China has rapidly become the world leader in renewable energy, but continued coal use means it could take longer for its emissions to decline

Ten years after the Paris climate agreement, the limited progress we’ve made in reducing global warming means that there will be less extreme heat in the future than there would be without the accord

These images of Hurricane Melissa show the Category 5 storm in all its power

A nearly perfect alignment of factors has enabled Hurricane Melissa to become one of the most intense Atlantic storms ever recorded

This is only the second time we’ve had more than two Category 5 storms in a single Atlantic hurricane season

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s exceptional strength and slow pace could make it more destructive than Hurricane Gilbert, which hit Jamaica in 1988

Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods

In a version of the Fujiwhara effect, Hurricane Humberto is pulling Tropical Storm Imelda eastward and away from the U.S.

Climate-fueled heat has caused thousands of excess deaths over the past three summers, which were the three hottest on record

Child’s Death Shows How Measles in the Brain Can Kill Years after an Infection