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Charles Norman Shay, a Native American veteran, saved countless men as a medic on the shores of Omaha Beach on D-Day when he ...

New research reveals that U.S. households incur annual costs of climate impacts, with Western and coastal regions bearing the brunt.

Experts say climate change symptoms include more frequent extreme weather, rising sea levels, and warmer oceans.

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A new interactive guide identifies the most effective actions you can take for the climate. The interest has been so great ...

Discover what climate change mitigation and adaptation mean, and why both are critical for a sustainable and resilient future.

Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—It can carry life-threatening diseases. It’s difficult to find and hard to kill. And it’s obsessed with human blood. The Aedes aegypti is a species of mosquito that people like ...

West Yorkshire's elected mayor has defended a trip to Brazil to speak with other city leaders about climate change. Labour's Tracy Brabin is in Rio with about 100 other mayors from around the globe ...

Many classes that meet UCSD’s climate literacy requirement are taught in the university’s Climate Action Lab. Credit: Olivia Sanchez/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. On a Thursday this fall, hundreds of students at the ...