'Climate change brings uncertainty, so we try to adapt to that uncertainty,' says Tye Baker, director of Water Resources for the Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma [Nicholas Linn/Al Jazeera]

Combining science and indigenous knowledge, this US research group seeks new ways to adapt to climate change...

We’re facing a pivotal moment for our planet’s future...

Runaway climate change will put everyone on the planet at risk — yet fossil fuel companies are still searching for more places to drill, frack, and mine. Fracking explosions, oil disasters, and devastating pipeline spills are just business-as-usual for the fossil fuel industry.

A tropical coral reef off Fiji. Photograph: Alamy

Grim backdrop to vital global emissions talks as new analysis shows 1.5C limit on warming is close to being broken...

A polar bear roams near the North Pole in an undated image. Photo by U.S. Navy.

All kinds of climate change records were smashed in 2015, setting new standards for atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration, sea level rise, and surface temperatures on both land and sea, according to a new report...

Nenets herdsmen outside the town of Nadym, Siberia, on March 14, 2005. (Photo: Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP/Getty Images)

We don’t yet know what else lies buried within the Earth’s permafrost — which is scary, because warming in the Arctic is accelerating...

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This week I went to the scene of terrible tragedy...

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the award for Best Actor in “The Revenant” at the Oscars on Feb. 28. (Mark Ralston/AFP)

Do celebrities matter? The answer — modern, big data approaches are showing — is pretty clearly “Yes.”

The Sand Fire burning in California's Santa Clarita Valley in July. Credit: Kevin Gill/flickr

Reports this week from the front lines of the Sand Fire in Southern California painted the scene as apocalyptic. The drought-fueled blaze was explosive, fast-moving and devastating, burning through 38,000 acres in the Santa Clarita Valley and forcing the evacuation of more than 10,000 homes...

Temperatures across the Middle East in the midst of a heat wave on July 21, 2016. Credit: earth.nullschool.net

The Middle East is no stranger to scorching heat, but a recent heat wave sent temperatures soaring to heights that are rarely seen even there. On July 21, Mitribah, Kuwait, recorded a temperature of 129.2°F (54°C) during the height of the heat wave. If it checks out, that will be the second hottest temperature ever measured in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has long been seen as in favour of action on climate change (AFP Photo/Peter Parks)

Sydney (AFP) - Australia made an abrupt climate change u-turn Thursday, with the issue set to again become a key focus of the national science agency just months after it saw hundreds of jobs cut in a heavily criticized move...

A global agreement on climate change looks likely to enter into force this year, a study showed on Friday, making it harder for Republican Donald Trump to pull out if he wins the U.S. presidency...

AARP, the organization representing Americans over 50, has a great slogan: “You think you know AARP? What we do might surprise you.” Well, AARP's recent sponsorship of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) was the worst kind of surprise!

A truck sprays insecticide near grounds workers at Olympic media accommodations as part of preventative measures against the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Credit: REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Athletes and tourists converging on Brazil this week are crowding into a country where rapid environmental change and natural weather fluctuations nurtured a viral epidemic that has gone global...

Debris litters the San Luis Drain. Photo courtesy of the Westlands Water District.

MENDOTA, Calif. — Driving down Highway 33 through California's Central Valley, signs of the state's ongoing drought — and water wars — are everywhere. Fields of green winter wheat and diagonal rows of almond trees alternate with brown fields. Billboards every few miles read, "No water = No jobs."

Kerr Dam on the Flathead River near Polson, Montana. (Photo: Danita Delimont/Getty Images)

A government report finds that hydropower could supply 35 million homes by 2050—no new dams required...

Nigel Farage launches UKIP’s EU Referendum poster campaign in London, 16 June. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

The Brexit campaign pivoted around migration but its politicians are skeptical of action on global warming that is a key driver of displacement...

Coal workers will need re-tooling to transition to a sustainable economy. Credit: PhotoDisc/Getty Images.

Why we need to talk about the costs of mitigation...

White canvas covers protected parts of the Rhone glacier against melting near the Furka mountain pass in the Swiss Alps on Aug. 6, 2015. (Photo: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)

Hundreds of scientists document the impact of worldwide climate changes in a new report...

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Ethiopia faces its worst drought in 50 years. Following a dry 2015, the effects of climate change and El Nino continue to include a devastating lack of water that could last for much of 2016.

More than 10 million people in Ethiopia face chronic hunger, but that number is expected to rise as families run out of options...

A scientist leaps over water during a trip to the Greenland ice sheet, which saw melting over more than 50% of its surface last year. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Temperatures, sea levels and carbon dioxide all hit milestones amid extreme weather in 2015, major international ‘state of the climate’ report finds...