Global warming
Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere hit new high: UN
The levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, have hit a new record high, the UN says, warning that the time to act is running out.
Global warming will expose millions more to floods
Global warming is expected to unleash more rain, exposing millions more people to river flooding particularly in the United States and parts of Asia, Africa and central Europe, researchers say.
2017 set to be hottest non-El Nino year: UN
2017 is on track to be the hottest year on record except for two warmed by El Nino phenomena, the UN's World Meteorological Organization says.
Bangladesh weather to turn deadly by century: Study
Venturing outdoors may become deadly across wide swaths of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan by the end of the century as climate change drives heat and humidity to new extremes, according to a new...
Sea ice in Arctic shrinks to second lowest level on record
Arctic sea ice this summer shrinks to its second lowest level since scientists started to monitor it by satellite, with scientists saying it is another ominous signal of global warming.
Scientists make news clouds which may lessen global warming
A new discovery about how clouds form may scale back some of the more dire predictions about temperature increases caused by man-made global warming.
Global warming is now changing how Earth wobbles
Global warming is shifting the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new NASA study finds.
Giant sheet of ice breaks off into the ocean
A roughly 2,000-square-mile block of ice just broke off in the Arctic Ocean.
Darker ice causes Greenland to melt faster: study
Greenland’s snow-white ice is getting darker and melting faster, according to a new study, published in the European Geosciences Union journal The Cryosphere.
Climate change poised to hurt food supplies: study
The effects of climate change on food production could cause 500,000 extra deaths by 2050 compared to a world without global warming, according to a study released Thursday.
Gas from thawing permafrost could add further to global warming: study
Arctic permafrost that is thawing due to global warming is releasing greenhouse gases, further compounding the problem of climate change, according to a study released on Thursday.