For a long time, many climate scientists and advocates held onto an optimistic belief: when the impacts of global warming became undeniable, people and governments would finally act decisively.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bill Gates has invested billions over the last two decades to help fight climate change. But in a new blog post, he argues that ...

To the editor: Guest contributor Bjorn Lomborg suggests we should be thankful that less attention is being given to climate change and more attention is being focused on problems of more immediate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Heather Wishart-Smith is a board director who covers innovation. Artificial intelligence is transforming climate change prediction ...

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the ...

In June 2025, a climate change-driven heat wave caused roads to buckle in multiple states. The same heat caused train tracks to warp, resulting in major delays for rail commuters across the East Coast ...

The compounding effects of climate change are changing the ways schools operate, as they cancel classes on days with extreme heat or when wildfire smoke is clouding the air and contend with students’ ...