Many people want to change some feature of their personality. Personality trait measures tend to be fairly stable during adulthood, psychologists have found. Yet research does indicate that there ...

Things are likely to worsen in the coming decades, but scientists argue urgent action can still limit the worst effects of climate change. Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth's ...

Human population growth and consumption, energy use, land use changes, and pollution are driving forces of global change. How do these factors impact ecological systems and human societies?