As climate change continues to impact the way we interact with our planet, it's critical to consider ways we can encourage youth to participate in climate action initiatives. Young people across ...

'Outdoor days,' a new measure, describes climate change impacts by noting the number of days per year that outdoor temperatures are comfortable enough for normal outdoor activities. For most people, ...

It can be hard to connect a certain amount of average global warming with one's everyday experience, so researchers at MIT have devised a different approach to quantifying the direct impact of climate ...

There are a lot of ways to describe what’s happening to the Earth’s climate: Global warming. Climate change. Climate crisis. Global weirding. They all try to capture in different ways the phenomena ...

Last month, the United Nations issued a warning that the world is on track for at least 2.5 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the century. Far more than the 1.5 degree increase targeted by the ...

Elfatih Eltahir looks forward to his daily stroll. He often checks the forecast first to figure out the best time to head outside. “I find people walking, jogging, cycling and enjoying the outdoors,” ...

WeCount! organizer Erick Sánchez addresses the crowd at a June 21, 2023 rally urging Miami-Dade County to adopt heat protections for outdoor workers. Courtesy of WeCount! Roughly 50 of Miami-Dade ...

Can this reframing of climate change help make a difference? Director Adam McKay and other branding experts weigh in. Eltahir recognized long ago the challenges of communicating climate change to the ...

These two maps show the projected change in annual outdoor days in the United States in 2071-2100 with respect to 1976-2005. The two maps are based on two versions of the Coupled Model Intercomparison ...