The same global food system that is fueling rising obesity rates is also accelerating climate change, according to a sweeping new scientific review that argues both crises share common roots and ...

A mammoth 90 percent of American Christian leaders — from Catholics to evangelicals — believe in the reality of human-induced climate change, a new study has found. However, these same leaders are ...

Everyone knows the feeling: tossing and turning during a hot, sticky night when sleep feels impossible. It's hard for anyone to sleep well when it's hot out. And the disruptions are growing, ...

Why do some people live to 100 while their sibling dies decades earlier? Is it luck, lifestyle, or something written into their DNA? Relative to many other species, humans are particularly long-lived, ...

A recent study shows that 80% of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites are facing climate stress, with wood and stone constructions susceptible to a range of threats from extreme heat, humidity, ...

For the first time, a study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego integrates climate-related damages to the ocean into the social cost of ...

New research from China suggests that oysters can be good at removing carbon dioxide from oceans, making the bivalves both an important food source and a potential tool in the fight against climate ...

Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in check over Antarctica, new research published May 22 finds. Specifically, ammonia released from penguin poop (aka guano) may help to ...