The Founding Fathers who gathered in Philadelphia to adopt the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 picked a nice day ...

The future of North America’s southern boreal forests is uncertain Boreal forests are under threat due to climate change, a new study shows. Pictured here is a boreal forest in Alaska’s Denali ...

As climate change brings disasters and increasingly unlivable conditions to growing swaths of the United States, it also has the potential to remake America’s economic landscape: Extreme heat ...

James R. Kellner, Joseph Kendrick, Dov F. Sax. High-velocity upward shifts in vegetation are ubiquitous in mountains of western North America. PLOS Climate , 2023; 2 (2): e0000071 DOI: 10.1371 ...

More than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at an elevated risk of extinction, the research found. Researchers blame habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change for the problem.