As the climate warms, heavy downpours are covering more ground—but where exactly? A new study puts the big-picture changes in ...

Rainforests are located in the tropical climate region. They are hot and wet all year round – this creates a humid climate. The annual rainfall is high as it rains almost every day. The temperatures ...

Something remarkable and deeply unsettling is happening to the map of human habitation right now. Regions that have sustained civilizations for millennia are being pushed to the edge of livability - ...

Over the next few decades, the choices governments, companies, and communities make on emissions and adaptation will determine whether those unlivable zones swallow hundreds of millions of people or ...

Residents and infrastructure along the world’s coastlines are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In this picture, a resident of the village of Boca de Dos Rios, Cuba, stands amid the rubble ...

Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events create ideal conditions for pathogens and their vectors – such as mosquitoes, midges and ticks – to thrive. Some of the ...

A new study led by the University of Exeter examined the alpine "vegetation line" (the upper limit of continuous plants) in six regions across the Himalaya, from Ladakh, India in the far west of the ...