Record ocean heat is already changing marine life, from declining sardines and coral reefs to shifts in fish populations. Here is what the warming means for...
Heat-related deaths are rising across Europe’s cities, but the burden is uneven. New city-level data reveals sharp increases in heat mortality, intensifying urban heat exposure and...
The Himalayas are changing in ways that are becoming harder to ignore. As glaciers retreat and permafrost warms, avalanches, landslides and other hazards are becoming more...
New research finds that up to 560 million children under ten are already living through at least one extra month of dangerous heat every year because...
India insures only about 5% of its disaster-related losses, leaving most of the financial burden with households, businesses and governments. Globally, natural catastrophes caused around 100...
Nepal flash floods show why Himalayan disaster preparedness must go beyond early warnings to safer infrastructure, land-use planning and climate adaptation.
MIT researchers have developed a machine-learning tool that can generate plausible extreme-weather scenarios beyond historical records, offering planners a new way to prepare for unprecedented floods,...
