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The world's most populated nation is on track to peak its carbon emissions far earlier than anticipated.

The Trump administration has sent conflicting signals on environmental regulations, but a top U.N. official remains optimistic over how the world is combating climate change.

Polarstern, a German vessel, will be drifting along with Arctic Sea ice for more than a year to monitor climate change.

Research by NASA has identified a new pathway meltwater from Greenland takes to reach the ocean, and another research found Canadian glaciers are now losing ice rapidly.

"Climate change is not a future threat anymore."

The Paris Agreement limiting carbon emissions was based on a "sensational but flawed" report, according to a controversial article in the Daily Mail.

The plastic bags likely caused the whale serious pain and prevented it from eating, according to scientists.

Scientists have proposed a psychological “vaccine” against misinformation that will help inoculate the public against the damaging effects of misleading “myths.”

Last year, every state in the contiguous U.S. and Alaska experienced above-average annual temperatures, making the breadth of warmth "unparalleled" in the country's history.

The country issued its first ever national red alert after smog engulfed more than 24 cities Wednesday.

The weather phenomenon El Niño and global warming fueled the spread of the Zika virus in South America, scientists say.

Winter storm Caly hit 11 states including Chicago and Michigan after it made its way into the Midwest Saturday.

The sea ice around the South Pole has mostly grown in the last 30 years even as the polar ice cap in the Arctic has been shrinking fast.

A Florida town became the 20th U.S. city to commit to using entirely renewable energy.

The World Meteorological Organization estimates the global average temperature this year may be up to 1.2 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels.

The Paris Agreement became a law Friday, but a U.N. report issued Thursday warns a lot more needs to be done to avoid potentially catastrophic increases in global temperatures.

About 44 million Americans, or roughly one-seventh of the population, received nutrition aid from the federal government this year.

Things aren't looking good for small farmers in disadvantaged regions of the globe.

If global aviation were a country, it would rank as the seventh largest carbon emitter in the world.

Repsol energy found up to 1.2 billion barrels of light oil in Alaska's North Slope.

The European Union is expected to ratify the agreement as early as Wednesday.