Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of objective, empirical evidence. They are not cynics; they just ask themselves and ...

El Niño and La Niña occur in the Pacific but can affect weather systems across the world. The two states are often identified ...

Climate change is a threat to countries' macroeconomic and fiscal stability. Extreme weather events exacerbated by global warming alone are costing the world $143 billion every year. However, measures ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Eccles writes about sustainability in the capital markets. I live in Concord, MA. My wife and I planned to go out for ...

Scientists say that the Earth has already passed a “point of no return”. They warn climate tipping points like coral reef ...

April is not usually a month of heavy rainfall in the Dominican Republic. However, in recent days, the downpours have been ...

Globally, the consequences of extreme meteorological phenomena, fuelled by climate change, are multiplying. From rising average global temperatures to droughts and intense forest fires - not ...

India has not spelt out the reasons for its change of mind, but the predicament it faced is not difficult to comprehend. In ...

Real-time tools, visuals, and other resources to quantify the role of climate change in weather events. Alerts We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable ...

We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around the world that was made more likely by human-caused climate change. Climate Matters is ...