The COVID-19 pandemic can be seen as a test case for the world’s emergency preparedness to respond to the impacts of climate change, particularly on the most vulnerable populations such as refugees ...

An empty road is seen during a nationwide curfew in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Mumbai, India on March 22, 2020. An empty road is seen during a nationwide curfew ...

In my weekly column for World Politics Review, I explain how COVID-19 and climate change are contributing to the reconceptualization of national security. The twin global emergencies of COVID-19 and ...

Welcome to Burning Questions, the EarthBeat feature that takes on those questions smoldering in your mind about climate change and religion — from the basics to more complex, and everything in between ...

It is a familiar refrain to anyone who works on climate change, and it is why global efforts to slow down warming offer a cautionary tale for the effort to slow down the pandemic. “Both demand early, ...

Global emissions of heat-trapping gases fell dramatically last year as the pandemic forced much of the world to a halt. But new data has shown they are bouncing back -- fast. Lockdown measures to ...

Animal-borne illnesses that infect humans, known as zoonotic viruses, require little to no evolution before jumping between ...

It's been a cold winter so far in the Midwest and much of the Northeast, early-in-the-season snow even in Washington, D.C., and temperatures falling to freezing and below in much of the South. Come to ...

“Alarming levels of inaction.” That is what the World Health Organization said Wednesday about the global response to coronavirus. What Climate Change Can Teach Us About Fighting the Coronavirus It is ...