Carolyn Gramling

One of the most extreme megadroughts has helped fuel wildfires in Los Angeles County and elsewhere in California.

Global temperatures were the hottest on record in 2024; it was the first year where the average temperature topped 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial times.

About 40,000 years ago, giant kangaroos vanished Down Under. Dental analyses suggest a varied diet, meaning climate change was not the main cause.

A machine learning algorithm identified the top five flavor notes in 16 types of whiskey. Each matched the aggregate of what a panel of human pros said.

Heat waves fueled by climate change killed scores of people and upended daily life. Here are some of those stories.

Cave-ins and floods may have buried the Cretaceous creatures of the fossil Jehol Biota rather than volcanic eruptions, a new study claims.

Trump’s first term, campaign pledges and nominees point to how efforts to address climate change and environmental issues may fare.

Hundreds of defunct satellites plunge toward Earth every year. Scientists are studying how the chemical stew left in their wake impacts the atmosphere.

The "Chonkus" cyanobacterium could be an effective organism to cultivate for marine carbon dioxide removal.

Fans may not keep older adults cool during heat waves