Climate Change Archives

Economics

The Future of Work: Consider the Changing Climate

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

Juliet B. Schor

Environment

How Big Ag Stampeded Over Science and Reason to Keep Sustainability Out of Our Dietary Guidelines

Did Big Ag’s beef-loving cowboys just lasso the 2015 Dietary Guidelines? It sure does look that way.

Jeff Turrentine

Environment

Who Can Understand This Climate Change Report?

A new analysis suggests IPCC summaries aimed specifically at policymakers are harder than ever to digest.

Nathan Collins

Environment

Is a Warming World to Blame for the Syrian Refugee Crisis?

Experts say climate change will be a growing driver of global migration like the Syrian exodus into Europe.

Melissa Denchak

Environment

Ancient Soil Samples Link Fires to Climate Change

We're in for a hot one, a study of thousand-year-old charcoal deposits in northern Colorado suggests.

Nathan Collins

News in Brief

Four Ways Climate Change Affects Women More Than Men

Plus: Five ways women have led, or might lead, climate-change adaptations that narrow the gender gap.

Francie Diep

Environment

Lawmakers: You Don’t Have to Choose Between Cleaning the Air and Stabilizing the Climate

A new study tells us how we can have both.

Brian Palmer

Environment

King Crabs May Invade the Antarctic Continental Shelf

Thanks to climate change, conditions are ripe for predatory crabs to invade the delicate marine communities off the coast of Antarctica, which haven't seen the likes of the skeleton-crushing crabs for millions of years.

Kate Wheeling