As countries meet at COP30 in the Amazon, a new Oxford University study gives the most detailed view yet of how different ...

U.S. science always suffers during government shutdowns. Funding lapses send government scientists home without pay. Federal ...

In recent years, the United States has faced rising concerns regarding climate change. Communities across the country have ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

When local and state officials want to know how more intense rainfall or rising sea levels affects their communities, they can turn to the National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated, ...

Universities and professional organizations can take practical steps to remove systemic barriers faced by international Ph.D.

Stephen Decina — who was recently named the inaugural executive director of climate science, policy, and action — discussed his goals and vision for his term in an interview with The Daily ...

Can science offer clear guidance when the ground beneath it is inherently unstable? This question lies at the heart of many modern policy debates, where data, algorithms, and statistical models ...

The Interior Department has resurrected an “open science” policy that echoes a much-criticized approach in place during the first Trump administration. In a new secretary’s order signed Aug. 29 but ...

WASHINGTON — The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today its 2025 cohort of Science Policy Fellows. Beginning Sept. 1, 2025, the 12 ...