Coastal cities like New York and London could become flooded decades earlier than previously predicted, researchers said.
The last time the rate of carbon emissions was this high, dinosaurs were still walking on the face of Earth.
While the U.S. senator from Florida rejected the scientific consensus that humans affect climate change, the Ohio governor acknowledged mankind's contribution to it.
Nearly two dozen kids, aged 8 to 19, have accused the U.S. government and President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to prevent the harmful impact of climate change.
The $500 million deposited into the United Nations-backed fund is the first tranche of the $3 billion the U.S. pledged in 2014.
The findings of a new study suggest that the Chinese government may have “under-promised and over-delivered” on emissions reduction.
The drought in the Middle East, which according to many has exacerbated the ongoing conflict in Syria, is likely a result of human-induced climate change.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Todd Stern warned of “diplomatic consequences” if a new president failed to meet the country's climate change commitments.
At least one in three American school teachers are telling students that climate change “is likely due to natural causes,” a study revealed.
Tuesday's decision by the Supreme Court to temporarily block the ambitious plan has cast doubts over whether the U.S. would be able to meet its climate pledges.
By 2028, planes that do not meet the new emission standards proposed by the International Civil Aviation Organization would have to be retired.
According to the study, published in the journal Science, a shift from light-colored species, such as oak and birch, to darker-colored conifers stoked warming in Europe.
At the Investor Summit on Climate Risk at the United Nations headquarters this week, investors lauded the financial potential of global clean energy projects.
The U.N. confirms that 2015 was the warmest on record. Katie Sargent reports.
2015 was also the first year when the global average temperature was more than 1 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Falling oil prices are driving the need for creative ways to fund renewable technology, a panel of experts at the World Economic Forum said.
Researchers found the same amount of energy was put into the oceans during just the past 18 years as was added from 1865 to 1997.
The temporary moratorium will remain in place until the government completes a review of coal mining's impact on the environment.
The next glacial period, which, in a human-free planet, would have started 50,000 years from now, is not likely to arrive for another 100,000 years, a new study suggests.
The atmospheric phenomenon has generated heavy rain in California, and could result in strange weather elsewhere.
Temperatures in the North Pole rose above freezing Wednesday, as a "freak" storm created a low-pressure system over the region.
A new government report shows climate change 2.5 times faster than global average as Moscow sees record highs.