By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.

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

Cities are increasingly becoming the epicenter of climate-related risks, with research showing that impervious surfaces (e.g.

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...

Floods? Let’s wait until the next one. Hill towns disappear? Never mind, let the construction continue. Drought? What are water tankers for? In the face of such ...

A Science You Use Every Day Did you know that every time you open a map app or check the weather, you are using a science that began thousands of years ago? Geography is not just about countries and ...

Abstract: Indian cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to heatwaves, with the urban form and function impacting the spatial distribution of surface urban heat islands (SUHI). This study explores ...

At 64, Mwanaharusi Morowa never imagined she would watch the river that raised her, fed her children and buried her ancestors, turn against her. For decades, River Tana had been the spine of her life ...

Forget those blankets, plastic sheets, and pine-bough teepees. Learn to love where you live. Choose plants to fit the climate. You will be rewarded with a healthy, beautiful landscape. References are ...

There are invisible rivers streaming across the sky — massive plumes of moisture borne over the oceans and wafted across the continents. When this moisture is released back down to Earth, it can ...

1 College of Geographical Science and Tourism, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 2 School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China As the world’s largest ...

NARAN, Pakistan — Fasih Qazi escapes the scorching summers of southern Pakistan each year to work as a tour guide in the country’s alpine north. Some of the world’s highest mountain ranges — the ...