A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.

Warming temperatures mean more rats, and the possible spread of more disease between the rodents and people. That has some scientists and municipal governments asking: is birth control part of the solution to curbing the rodent population boom?

President Trump cited a major winter storm​ as evidence to suggest that global warming does not exist — a misleading claim that has been consistently debunked by climate experts.

International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry says it must "be better" on climate change after receiving a petition signed by more than 21,000 people who want to stop fossil fuel companies from sponsoring winter sports.

The report warns many economic models are failing to capture extreme weather events and rising uncertainty likely to dominate impacts in a hotter world.

This bill would calculate how much has been spent in RI on the impacts of climate change, and send polluters the bill.

Ashland Sen. Jeff Golden is trying again to get the Legislature to create a fund to pay for natural disasters with damages collected from big oil.

The repeated claim that climate science is “settled” overlooks myriad uncertainties, competing mechanisms and computer models that miss the mark when tested against reality. Declaring fina