What do conspiracy theorists and free market ideologues have in common? They both deny climate change, according to a recent psychological study conducted b y the University of Western Australia.
Ground squirrels living near the Rocky Mountains are waking up from hibernation later as snowstorms keep falling later in spring, researchers found in a new study.
Monsoon rains will not be enough to save the country from its first drought in three years, the weather office said on Thursday as it forecast that the El Nino weather pattern should reduce rains again in the second half of the June to September season.
A study led by a former climate change skeptic concludes that man-made greenhouse emissions have contributed to the planet's rising temperature.
This year, Greenland's vast ice sheet is melting earlier and over a wider range than usual. That's just one sign that this year is shaping up to be a real scorcher.
Previous studies have pegged polar bear origin at around 600,000 years ago, but they've actually existed as a distinct species as early as 5 million years ago, according to a new paper.
President Obama's weekend statement on India , raising concerns over the invest climate in the country, has evoked sharp criticisms making it further hard for the Indian Prime Minister to go ahead with reforms.
A federal court has defended the Obama administration's unprecedented push to limit greenhouse gas emissions, laying down a marker in the debate over the limits of environmental regulation.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has signed into law climate change legislation that will bind the country to significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Only Great Britain has done the same
Higher temperatures, exacerbated by climate change, is expected to lead to the death of 150,000 Americans by the end of the century.
Dinosaur farts and burps could have had a significant effect on prehistoric climate change, according to a new study from a trio of British scientists.
The conservative think tank's billboard campaign features the Unabomber, Charles Manson and Fidel Castro.
Climate change could affect national security by spurring conflict over resources and producing more natural disasters, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told a prominent environmental group.
Much of the American public believes there is a connection between global climate change and a recent surge in dire weather conditions like droughts, heat waves and flooding.
Cuenca, Ecuador is one of the best places to live for adventurous retirees. Here's some helpful information on everything from visas to restaurants to politics to travel plans.
Keeping a 53-mile-wide ocean channel open may be the key to preventing abrupt climate change events, scientists say.
Modern researchers traced the path of a 19th-century sailing ship in order to compare ocean temperatures over the past century and found that the water started getting hotter much earlier than previously expected.
The extinction of Australia's giant animals was caused by hunting, not climate change, a new study concludes.
Hundreds of tornado fatalities in recent years have got people thinking. Does global warming lead to an increase in deadly twisters?
The European Union cannot use the economic slowdown as an excuse to delay action on fighting climate change, the bloc's first-ever chief scientific adviser has warned.
Millions of Americans in low-lying coastal cities could see more flooding in coming years as rising temperatures drive up sea levels, according to a new study.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum sought to distance himself from his GOP opponents with an op-ed tying Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney to radical environmentalists sounding the alarm on climate change.
