Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

Last year's record-breaking temperatures could be a sign that the world is entering a new era above 1.5C of global warming, ...

Earth is crossing the 1.5°C limit outlined in the Paris Agreement, beyond which scientists predict catastrophic harm to ...

Although the climate goals set by the Paris Agreement are based on the long-term average temperature, one year of high ...

The world set yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly U.S., a cooling La Nina​​ and ...

The effects of these changes will not remain confined to the ... “At 2.7 degrees Celsius of global warming, we will see more ...

Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...

In 2020, strict rules were put in place to slash cargo-ship emissions. Five years on, it appears to have been less than ...

Reductions in air pollution have helped warm the planet by cutting down on reflective particles in the atmosphere – but researchers still disagree on the size of this effect ...

El Nino's cooler flip side, a La Nina, tends to dampen the effects of global warming, making record temperatures far less likely. A La Nina started in January after brewing for months. Just last ...

It’s not the white fluffy look-alike our kids snuggle or the cartoon image drinking Coca-Cola or “fat loungers who draw crowds at zoos” or animated replicas who speak to our children with the press of ...