Six steps the world can take to halt catastrophic climate change
Nations, businesses, communities and individuals all have a role to play in shaping a safer and more sustainable future, according to a U.N. report.
Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril
The effects of rising global temperatures are particularly profound at the Earth's poles, but unless humanity acts swiftly to curb emissions, scientists say, the same...
Crucial Antarctic ice shelf could fail within five years, scientists say
New data show that the warming ocean is eroding the eastern ice shelf in Antarctica from below. Satellite images taken as recently as last month...
Despite net-zero pledges, world on track to warm 2.5 degrees Celsius, U.N. report says
After nine days of pronouncements, pledges and plans, scientists delivered a rude awakening to U.N. climate summit: Earth is on track to warm about 2.5...
The world will burn through its ‘carbon budget’ in 11 years unless countries drastically curb emissions, scientists say
Global greenhouse gas emissions have almost completely rebounded after slumping during the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the world with just 11 years of burning carbon at...
U.N. climate summit turns focus to money
The first days of the climate conference in Scotland were attended by prime ministers, princes and movie stars. Next come at least 10 days of...
Could this new version of an old grain help fight climate change and feed the world? VIEW
Scientists in Kansas have transformed a perennial wheatgrass into a potential substitute for regular wheat. Their goal is to lessen environmental harm done by standard...
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster this summer VIEW
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans live in a county hit by a weather disaster in the past three months, according to a new analysis of...