‘The water is pushing back’: A Globe reporter on how rising seas and heavy rains threaten Mass. communities

Climate change is bringing about a wetter New England. In some Boston neighborhoods and Massachusetts towns, that future is ...

Hurricane Melissa to batter Jamaica as the island’s strongest storm on record in almost 2 centuries

The storm was expected to make landfall early Tuesday and slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth ...

Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but it won’t be the end of civilization. He thinks ...

As Trump-Xi trade talks near, investors turn to history as a guide

Stocks buoyed again by U.S.-China trade developments but some investors expect meeting outcome will disappoint markets ...

Here’s what happens to your body when clocks ‘fall back’ an hour

It's time for most of America to move clocks back on Sunday. Daylight saving time ends in the U.S. at 2 a.m. local time, which means setting your clock back an hour.