Since the Industrial Revolution—an event made possible by the use of fossil fuels in everything from power plants to transportation—Earth has gotten hotter. 2024 was the hottest year on record and the ...

A study says the coloring of microplastics can make a big difference in how much they heat up the Earth.

Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year ...

A new study reveals that the healing ozone layer could trap more heat, potentially increasing warming by 40% more than predicted, making it the second largest contributor after CO₂. Learn what this ...

For decades, global campaigns have urged everyday people to do their part in slowing climate change. We've been told to drive electric cars, take shorter showers, recycle more, and eat less meat.

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ...

In many regions, the warming climate is making air quality worse. Poorer air quality contributes to or may cause breathing problems and respiratory illnesses. Global warming has been associated with ...

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More Oklahomans appear ready to believe that the Earth is getting hotter, but far fewer would admit humans are the primary cause of global warming. According to the Yale Program on Climate Change ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — from its popular online page explaining the causes of climate change ...

Twenty-five years ago this month, Dan Sarewitz and I published a widely read and discussed article in The Atlantic Monthly titled, Breaking the Global Warming Gridlock (unpaywalled version here).

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — from its popular online page explaining the causes of climate change ...