Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates is sharpening his warnings about a global crisis he says the world keeps misdiagnosing. While public debate fixates on emissions targets and green tech, he argues ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Long before modern humans appeared in Africa about 300,000 years ago, our ancestors faced a crisis that almost ended the lineage entirely. A groundbreaking study has revealed that between 930,000 and ...

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 85 seconds before midnight. The change was announced by the Bulletin of the Atomic ...

Whatsapp Carbon dioxide underpins life and climate alike; once a life-giver, its rapid human-driven release now destabilises ...

Vora is a practicing physician, senior adviser for One Health at Conservation International, and executive director of the Preventing Pandemics at the Source Coalition. Walzer is a wildlife ...

Digitally generated post apocalyptic scene depicting a desolate urban landscape with buildings in ruins and cloudy sky. The scene was rendered with photorealistic shaders and lighting in UE4 (Unreal ...

The next four titles offer more traditional plots. “Science v Story” and “Storytelling to Accelerate Climate Solutions” explain how stories function within science and advocacy. “Hot Takes” and ...

A small Australian mammal has been deemed extinct due to “human-induced climate change.” The Bramble Cay melomys has not been seen for about 10 years and was first categorized as extinct in 2016.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American It’s official: Climate change has claimed its ...