Body size is a fundamental biological trait that influences physiology, ecology and evolutionary trajectories across animal taxa. Climate-driven variation in body size arises principally from ...

Scientists hope to prevent deaths from climate change, but heat and cold are more complicated than we thought. It’s the 25th of June and I’m shivering in my lab-issued underwear in Fort Worth, Texas.

Kevin Miller can get a person to the brink of heat stroke in 30 minutes. In a chamber with a temperature of around 100 degrees, he starts them out on the treadmill, switching off between three minutes ...

Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be leaving a measurable imprint inside the human body. Researchers analyzing more than two decades of U.S. health data found that blood bicarbonate levels ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views of climate change, the environment and related topics. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and ...