Warnings that humanity is heading toward its own disappearance have shifted from the fringes of science fiction into mainstream research and public debate. Instead of vague prophecies, scientists now ...

A new study links climate stress to the disappearance of the early human species Homo floresiensis, known as the “hobbits” of Flores. An international group of researchers, including scientists from ...

Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.

Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth's average temperatures and weather conditions. The world has been warming ...

Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but it won't be the end of civilization. He thinks scientific innovation will curb it, and it’s instead time for a “strategic pivot” in the global ...

Every so often, a headline declares that climate change will end humanity — that we are on the brink of global collapse, that ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within.