For the first time, a study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego ...

A report warns that we may have seriously underestimated the rate of warming, which could damage economic growth ...

Although 2025 did not set a new global temperature record, it still delivered clear signs of a warming planet.

Climate change is not only warming the planet and disrupting rainfall, it is also quietly rewiring the way nitrogen moves ...

A new study by IIASA researchers offers a pioneering way to understand how climate change affects people's lives over the ...

Climate change has many adverse effects on the environment and our health, including higher rates of self-reported anxiety. In a recent study published by the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Climate, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the ...

On Jan. 1, 2026, Hawaiʻi increased the statewide transient accommodations tax, or TAT, from 10.25% to 11%, with each county ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service.

Depending upon formulation, dog food has a more variable — and sometimes larger — environmental pawprint than human diets.

CHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson’s perspective on the Hazel Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance is that it’s been a long time coming. It’s not just the two years that community groups collaborated with the ...

For the first time, a study from researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego ...