Pandemics and nuclear war are real, tangible concerns, more so than AI doom, at least to me, a scientist at the RAND Corporation. We do all kinds of research on national security issues and might be ...

Shutting down AI research isn’t the answer—but stronger safety and risk planning is essential Could artificial intelligence wipe out the human race? According to Michael J.D. Vermeer, a senior ...

Quick Take Six animal species, including the slender-billed curlew and Christmas Island shrew, were confirmed extinct in 2025. Habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, and hunting are the ...

For the first time, scientists have identified climate change as the top driver of human-caused biodiversity loss among ...

Whatsapp Carbon dioxide underpins life and climate alike; once a life-giver, its rapid human-driven release now destabilises ...

Vora is a practicing physician, senior adviser for One Health at Conservation International, and executive director of the Preventing Pandemics at the Source Coalition. Walzer is a wildlife ...

A small Australian mammal has been deemed extinct due to “human-induced climate change.” The Bramble Cay melomys has not been seen for about 10 years and was first categorized as extinct in 2016.

Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage ...

Climate change primarily consists of two natural phenomena, trend rise in average temperature and uncertain rainfall. Rising concentration of mainly three gases, called Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), carbon ...