Rationing water at home will benefit moisture-starved ecosystems.

Unlike this time, the dry summer of 1976 followed a particularly dry year.

Climate and conflict entwined when the prehistoric Maya city of Mayapan fell apart, research shows.

Plant breeding, informed by genetic analysis, could be critical to the future of one of the world’s oldest crops.

Fires today are hotter and more destructive, thanks in part to a warming climate.

Our research shows that although climate change is a key factor in starting conflict in eastern Africa, it’s not always the most important one.

"Basically, the forest has a memory of past events that manifest in the present day, and we saw this when examining the data from the Dixie Fire."

Stemming the water crisis in the western US will require cities and rural areas to work together to make water use on farms – the largest source of demand – more efficient.

Fire weather reason – when wildfires are most likely to strike – has expanded almost everywhere.

La Niña is only part of the problem. The long-term driver of increasing drought – even in areas getting more rainfall overall – is the rapidly warming climate.