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 decision-makers understand important topics.

Pew Research Center polling finds a majority of US adults view global warming as a significant problem, though with a sharp partisan divide.

Research suggests most people support climate action but underestimate how concerned others are about the issue

Researchers want to know whether immersing people in a vision of Connecticut's future shoreline makes the risks of climate change feel more immediate.

A new study in Nature Communications finds a critical climate tipping point in Tibetan permafrost ecosystems. Warming of 2–4 degrees Celsius triggers a self-reinforcing cycle of carbon release that could significantly accelerate climate change,

While global warming is still a threat, the decision to back away from a worst-case outlook raises questions about whether some risks have been overstated.

The alliance of 129 colleges and universities that runs the National Center for Atmospheric Research said the centre was the victim of political retribution targeting Colorado.

In the FRONTLINE documentary Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages, residents of a coastal Alaska Native community called Hooper Bay confront a dilemma. Their way of life relies in part on harvesting food directly from the sea. But as the documentary ...

Response to a recent column by Cal Thomas on an update on climate change prediction science: The still dire warnings of the recent Geoscientific Model Development report that hypothesize a disastrous future are now more likely to come true.

Located just a few hours’ drive from the Canadian border, Missoula, Mont. is not known for sweltering temperatures. And yet heat waves are becoming more common in the mountainous region due to climate change, and researchers are concerned that a ...

By Hongji Kim and Minwoo Park SANCHEONG COUNTY, South Korea, June 4 (Reuters) - Park Gyeong-je started tending beehives almost five decades ago, making it his livelihood because he liked spending time in nature.

Diminishing periods of snow cover in northern forests, shortened by climate change, are poised to disrupt a delicate balance in some of the planet's most climate-sensitive regions—according to new research from McMaster University,