Once one of the planet’s driest landscapes, the Sahara Desert may become far wetter by the end of this century. The Sahara ...

Some artists offer a glimpse of a future that is already occurring in some climates. Others imagine a world past the point of ...

Study project up to 75% more summer rain in the Sahara by late century. Some African regions will get wetter and West ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest areas in the world. It gets just 3 inches of precipitation per year—one-tenth of the ...

A scientific breakthrough that was deserving of a Nobel Prize could be the key we're looking for in the ongoing fight against ...

Floods, droughts, hotter weather and a desert locust invasion — the impacts of climate change are hitting Africa hard, and worse is ahead for the region’s food supplies, economy and health, the U.N.

As glaciers melt and traditions fade, the Ladakhis' peaceful demands highlight the urgent need for inclusive governance.

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

A small population of desert lions in Namibia have become the only maritime lions in the world. They’ve moved to the country’s Atlantic coast in search of food, as climate change and extreme weather ...

A study led by University of Arizona researchers shows that decades of groundwater pumping by humans has depleted Tucson-area ...

Even in the heat of a Palm Springs summer, night used to bring some relief. Not so much any more. The number of abnormally hot summer nights has gone up dramatically since the 1980s, thanks to climate ...