Sea level rise has long been treated as a future problem, discussed in projections and maps that feel distant from everyday ...

The UN forecast showing China’s population shrinking to less than half of its current size of 1.4bn by 2100 is mind-blowing, but this is just an extrapolation of current fertility and mortality trends ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an advocacy group, uses a clock to symbolize the likelihood of people doing something ...

Humanity continues to court species-threatening disaster through nuclear brinkmanship, a failure to address climate change, and a hasty rollout of artificial intelligence (AI), according to the ...

Atomic scientists set their "Doomsday Clock" on Tuesday closer than ever to midnight, citing aggressive behavior by nuclear ...

Earth is closer than it's ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U.S. and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,” a science-oriented advocacy group ...

Familiar risks to human existence such as nuclear weapons and climate change were cited by the scientists, along with new ...

Midnight represents the moment at which people will have made Earth uninhabitable.

In addition to nuclear and climate risks, the scientists warned of potential misuse of biotechnology and artificial ...

At least 30 deaths have been reported in states afflicted with severe cold, including two people run over by snowplows in ...

Glaciers are disappearing. So if you've ever wanted to see these frozen giants, now's the time. Not next year. Not someday.

A new influx of arctic air is expected to spur freezing temperatures in parts of the South already covered in snow and ice.