A Florida State University study examines land surface temperature trends from 1900 onward for the entire globe, excluding Antarctica.
A recent study adds to the growing pile of evidence that climate change is the result of anthropogenic causes.
Scientists who analyzed core samples from the Greenland ice sheet found they contained a record of chemical changes in the air.
A new study suggests that deserts, much like rainforests, play a critical role in sucking up excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere.
The winter ice coverage is at its fifth-lowest peak since 1978.
As temperatures continue to rise, it's the poor who stand to lose the most, a U.N. report warns. And not just in the Third World.
The report aims to influence climate treaty talks among countries that are working to devise an agreement next year to curb global warming.
A new study suggests North American salamanders are smaller today than they were 50 years ago. Scientists say the culprit is climate change.
Scientists are using 18th- and 19th-century landscape paintings to get a sense of the early days of climate change, before there were atmospheric instruments available.
New research indicates that Greenland is dumping billions of tons of water into the ocean every year.
A new study suggests the sun’s varying solar energy output as a possible natural cause of climate change.
The conservative conference has toned down some of its more outrageous panels this year, but there are still a handful of odd talks.
As climate change accelerates ice melt and sea levels continue to rise, scientists warn that global warming jeopardizes our cultural heritage. They found that a rise in global temperatures of just over 5 degrees Fahrenheit would threaten 20 percent of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Ecologist Patrick Moore, a co-founder of activist group Greenpeace, says climate change is not caused by humans.
According to a new study of volcanoes’ effect on climate change, volcanic eruptions are the reason the average rate of global warming has slowed since 1998.
Images of extreme weather are ubiquitous in media and paint a picture of a dire end for Earth. But new research into the effects these photographs have on viewers’ minds suggests such brutal images might actually hinder climate change action.
The U.S. EPA may have underestimated the effects of methane emissions from vehicles that sub natural gas for diesel fuel.
Cool roofs and green roofs can reduce temperatures but a new study says location is extremely important in any urban adaptation strategy.
The Navy wants to explore underwater drones and capitalize on Arctic sea routes, but budget cutbacks may limit what it can do.
California, facing a severe water crisis, is entering its third year of record-low rainfall, and scientists are fearing “megadroughts."
After greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere hit a record in 2012, the OECD sets a bold new goal.
Scientists predict extreme El Niño events are likely to double in the next few decades.