According to a new study, Americans might be dumping more than twice as much trash in landfills as previous estimates suggest.
Eleven GOP leaders, led by Rep. Chris Gibson, have signed a resolution urging action on climate change, in a major break from the party line.
In a span of just four decades, global populations of marine mammals, fish, birds and reptiles have halved, a new study by the WWF revealed.
According to a U.N.-backed study, land degradation, soil erosion and desertification might displace 50 million people within a decade.
Many people on social media have begun blaming global warming for the poor health of some Arctic creatures.
Reports suggest that the U.S. and the EU have agreed to contentious provisions seeking to address weather-linked loss and damage in poor nations.
Weather agencies predict the evolving El Niño may turn into the strongest on record, bringing floods and drought to East Africa and devastating rural communities.
Australia will fail to meet its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets under current policy measures, according to a new analysis.
Researchers warn of "very dramatic and very fast" changes to the boreal forest cover, which accounts for nearly 30 percent of the planet's total forest area.
With July temperatures breaking previous records, 2015 seems on track to becoming the hottest year ever.
According to a new study, the country's carbon emissions in 2013 may have been 14 percent lower than previous estimates.
The incoming ozone pollution from China is hindering the attempts the country has been making to cut ozone emissions in recent years.
Today marks the day we've used all of the planet's resources for 2015.
The pledge to cut emissions by at least 26 percent was denounced by activists as "vastly inadequate."
The Arctic ice sheet is melting faster than ever due to climate change.
According to a new study, the rate of glacial ice-melt in the first decade of the twenty-first century was nearly three times more than the twentieth century average.
According to a new study, unless emissions are cut drastically, even artificial removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide would not prevent the end of "ocean life as we know it."
Apple, Google And Microsoft are among the companies that are expected to focus on low-carbon investments.
Reduction in U.S. carbon dioxide emissions between 2007 and 2013 can be attributed to a drop in economic activity during that period, a new study finds.
Reaching a worthwhile deal would require "forsaking the use of 80 percent of the fossil-based energy resources to which we still have easy access."
African nations are some of the lightest polluters in the world, yet environmental scientists say they bear the brunt of climate change.
According to a new Pew survey, climate change doesn't worry most Americans, despite being a major concern globally.