GLOBAL WARMING

A new study of methane emissions found that cow farts are one of the major contributors of methane gas, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide, to our atmosphere.

Is curbing carbon emissions the real way to fight climate change? New research finds that even if you halt emissions the earth will continue to warm.

For some time now, migratory birds have been migrating a little earlier every year, but a new study could shed light on the causal role of climate change.

A recent report by a U.N. agency shows devastating findings regarding the upward trend that is driving climate change.

New findings suggest two global warming events that took place millions of years ago caused mammals to lose body mass.

Obama has implemented several measures during the last 4 years to combat climate change. What is he doing differently after Superstorm Sandy?

Canada’s endangered grizzly bears may benefit from the effects of climate change, according to a recent study from the University of Alberta.

North America’s moose are dying off at a rate not seen before. No one is quite sure why moose populations are in decline, but scientists say the culprit could be climate change.

Researchers in Hawaii have pinpointed exactly when and where extreme temperatures, brought on by global warming, will strike first. Scientists say the region surrounding Earth’s equator, called the tropics, will feel the effects of global warming long before the poles do.

Climate change is driving a wedge between caribou and the food they rely on during calving season.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first part of its fifth assessment of global warming science Friday.

Stanford University scientists say severe storms will only increase, costing the U.S. billions of dollars.

An upcoming report reconsiders certain models of climate sensitivity in light of recent data.

A new study indicates that warming ocean temperatures may hamper vital ocean chemical cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorus.

The Keystone XL pipeline is a controversial project set to run from Canada to the Midwestern town of Cushing, Oklahoma.

The Jatropha curcas species may not be right for biofuel, but carbon farming presents another opportunity.

Greenhouse gas emissions could lead to an ice-free Arctic as early as 2054 according to a new study.

Methane emissions, caused by shrinking sea ice in the Arctic, could come with a global price tag of $60 trillion, a new study reveals.

The CIA, along with NASA and NOAA, is exploring geoengineering techniques to reverse global warming in a National Academy of Sciences study.

According to a recent study using a computer-simulation tool, the Arctic may experience its first ice-free summer as soon as 2054.

The administration had already proposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions for newly built plants.