An unusually brutal winter storm is set to pummel more than 160 million Americans from Friday, as a stretched "polar vortex" sends a devastating blast of Arctic air, bringing heavy snows and freezing ...

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 ...

With more than 1.7 million encounters reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection—the highest tally in two decades—2021 ...

This month's horrific flooding in Texas Hill Country, which killed at least 135 people when the Guadalupe River rose to unprecedented heights — at unprecedented speed — is the latest example of ...

Last month, the world’s highest court issued a long-awaited opinion on how international law should regard climate harm. The International Court of Justice concluded, unanimously, that states have ...