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Lindsey had long been the lead writer and editor, and more recently the program manager, of Climate.gov, a site that ...

A pioneering climate scientist is challenging a U.S. government report that cited his research while reaching what he says is the exact opposite conclusion. Benjamin Santer and his colleagues say ...

After Republican criticism, a group that offers professional resources to judges withdrew a climate science chapter from its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence. By Karen Zraick In a new attack on ...

Oil industry allies are quietly targeting a field of climate research that could cost fossil fuel companies billions of dollars. In the crosshairs is a forthcoming report from the National Academies ...

New research shows that extreme floods in coastal areas are becoming more common as climate change causes sea levels to rise ...

On Friday, a body that advises US judges revised the document it created to help judges grapple with scientific issues. The move came after a group of Republican state attorneys general wrote a letter ...

While Earth’s climate has changed many times in history, there is unequivocal scientific consensus that our world is now heating up at an unprecedented pace, driven by human activities such as the ...

Critics say the move to retire the $360 million system doesn't make sense. The National Science Foundation cites new scientific priorities.

The worst-case scenario for a high-emissions scenario has been revised downward – but the best-case option is now implausible ...

Past Center surveys have found that Americans with higher levels of formal education are more likely to say human activity is a big cause of climate change. This pattern is driven by Democrats. In ...

When Bad Bunny climbed onto broken power lines during his Super Bowl halftime show, millions of viewers saw a spectacle. Climate communicators saw a lesson in how to talk about climate change. The ...