UN climate talks in Paris tasked with beating back the threat of global warming are scheduled to conclude on Friday. The so-called “greenhouse effect” is a natural phenomenon that has made Earth warm ...

The news has been full of headlines about findings from a United Nations report: the world is set to exceed the 1.5 C global warming target set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The report has raised ...

Though strong El Niños have occurred only four times in as many decades, 2024's intense El Niño is already getting a sequel.

Activists at the COP climate conference held last year in Baku, Azerbaijan. This year’s conference will be in Brazil next month. Raising ambition to meet the Paris Agreement goal is a key discussion ...

As the Arctic warms, Russia faces both opportunities and significant challenges regarding its environment and infrastructure.

Over the past year, there has been a vigorous debate among scientists – and more broadly – about whether global warming is “accelerating”. This, in turn, has led to questions about whether the world ...

A new study finds that warming of 2°C could expose nearly 3.8 billion people to extreme heat by mid-century, more than double current levels. Rising temperatures are expected to drive surging energy ...

To understand how global warming could influence future climate, scientists look to the Paleogene Period that began 66 million years ago, covering a time when Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide levels ...

In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world ...

Soon, the world will gather in Paris to forge a global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for dangerous levels of global warming. The so-called “greenhouse effect” is a natural phenomenon ...