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Climate change is here, and it’s causing a wide range of impacts that will affect virtually every human on Earth in increasingly severe ways.

A global coalition of scientists says 'untold human suffering' is unavoidable without deep and lasting shifts in human activities that contribute to greenhouse...

While governments pour billions of dollars into lowering CO2 emissions, several climate experts say CO2 is essential and higher levels are not a problem.

An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a...

Scientists in all disciplines agree with climate scientists that global warming is real and caused by humans.

Coral reefs are among the ocean's most wondrous achievements. Like a massive mega-city made up of microorganisms, these diverse ecosystems provide shelter for...

The announcement comes a day before a Paris gathering called the "One Planet Summit" co-hosted by the U.N. and the World Bank.

When politicians attack climate scientists, they are distorting the truth on both global warming and the field of science, argue AAAS CEO Chris Holt and Chris...

Nov 7, 2025 - Hear from Kim Cobb, Zeke Hausfather, Katharine Hayhoe and Daniel Swain.

An in-depth analysis of eight leading fossil fuel companies assesses their climate actions and ranks them on their climate planning, policies, disclosure, and...

If you want to know how climate change and hypoxia -- the related loss of oxygen in the world's oceans -- affect fish species such as the economically...

Forests and other land ecosystems today absorb 30 percent of humanity's CO2 pollution, but rapid global warming could transform these natural 'sinks' into...

Certain species are evolving with bigger ears, wings, and tails in response to warming global temperatures.

New maps of Earth's rivers are documenting our planet before climate change worsens.

Colorado officials are vowing to fight the Trump administration's attack on climate research at NCAR with every legal tool. Will dismantling this renowned...

Jan 12, 2026 - We cannot make America healthy without addressing intersections between health outcomes and climate and environmental issues.

Geoengineering might slow down climate warming. It might also trigger dangerous weather changes.

The model includes injecting about 5 million tons of synthetic diamond dust into the atmosphere each year to cool the Earth by around 1.6 degrees Celsius.

Nov 28, 2024 - But why is it financed with the money of oil and gas companies

Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to ‘greenwash’ their lack of...

Solar geoengineering might be the quickest may to reduce warming, but these scientists call for more research before it can be championed or ruled out.

Climate scientists are producing regional climate projections up to 75 years into the future.

Scientists in Britain announced Wednesday they had smashed a previous record for generating fusion energy.

Also known as "geoengineering," it is the intentional large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system to counter climate change.

No Se Nada had an interesting post last week claiming climate scientists are starting to worry that they've oversold climate change: What I see is something...

Jul 3, 2023 - A political news site recently accused scientists of failing to communicate the urgency of the climate crisis.

Feb 5, 2025 - As one of its first acts, the Trump administration removed the online data tool used to allocate money to environmental justice communities. In two days, a...

MIAMI (AFP) - Climate change and the danger of nuclear war pose an ever-growing threat to civilisation and are bringing the world closer to doomsday, a group...

Oxygen-deficient zones in the open oceans shrank during long warm periods in the past, contrary to widespread expectations. This has significant implications...

Jan 6, 2026 - Climate change threatens to end our world, but it might not wither away from heat and could be pushed into extreme cold. Scientists say if Earth hits extremely...

In this 2013 study, the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists looks at the climate-related statements and policy positions of...

Rush Limbaugh doesn't think we exist. In other words that evangelical scientists cannot subscribe to the evidence of global warming

Climate classifications help people know what types of conditions a region usually experiences through the year. Rather than having to describe the full range...

An international network of social science researchers focused on understanding the cultural and institutional dynamics of the political conflict over climate...

Climate change is one of the most devastating problems humanity has ever faced—and the clock is running out.

Dec 31, 2025 - 2025 was the third hottest year on record and pushed Earth past a critical climate change mark, scientists say.

For the first time, scientists have shown precisely how weather conditions cause multiple populations of a species within a large geographical area to have...

Letter: To examine the issue of human-induced climate change, consider why scientists believe it

India better prepared than Pakistan to handle climate shocks in wheat crop: Agri scientists

In the latest attack on science by the Trump administration, researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center will no longer receive data from a fleet of...

Jul 23, 2024 - Climate change doesn't communicate itself. Here are 6 evidence-based, practical principles for IPCC scientists - and the wider scientific community - to...

The USGS' operational manual was edited to push climate models that are less likely to show the worst effects of climate change.