Environment

This year won’t just be the hottest on record—it could be the first to surpass the 1.5-degree-Celsius threshold laid out in the Paris climate accord

President-elect Trump vowed to promote fossil fuels, weaken pollution regulations and reverse Biden administration climate efforts

Several downballot races in the 2024 presidential election will carry implications for climate policy far beyond state lines

Thousands of homes in Navajo and other tribal lands don’t have access to electricity. A $200-million federal funding effort aims to fix that problem with solar power and other clean energy

The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election could set the climate agenda, reshape public education and shift the dynamics of global science collaboration.

At dusk and dawn, the sky dances with three phases of in-between light

Torrential rain, made worse by climate change, has lashed Spain, with Valencia bearing the brunt of the floodwaters

Global temperatures through September point to 2024 besting 2023 as the hottest year on record. How many future years set records depends in part on the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election

A review of 47,282 tree species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature found that more than one third are at risk of extinction

A small number of fast-moving wildfires cause almost all the property damage by forcing firefighters to focus on saving lives

A new United Nations expert study of the effects of nuclear war would spur informed and inclusive global debate on what nuclear war means for people and the planet today

We cover a 3.26-billion-year-old meteorite impact, the spread of bird flu and a scurvy case study that serves as a cautionary tale in this week’s news roundup.