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 ...

To mitigate global warming, going after methane emissions, too, would be good ...

Climate scientists have discovered that microplastics and nanoplastics are helping to drive global warming by absorbing ...

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

A new study published in Nature Climate Change found that colored microplastics suspended in the atmosphere may contribute ...

Rising global emissions of hydrogen over the past three decades have added to the planet's warming temperatures and amplified the impact of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases, according ...

Despite rapid progress in clean energy and electric vehicles, the world is still warming faster than ever. The good news is that we already have powerful ways to reduce the warming rate – if ...

The fifth U.S. summary of climate change action, a nearly 200-page report, updates the previous submission to the United Nations in 2006 under the George W. Bush administration. T ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. From the depths of the seas to beyond the Arctic Circle, the continent is warming twice as fast as the global ...

Governor Schwarzenegger received a long-awaited staff report today on his goal of cutting global-warming gases back to 1990 levels in the next 14 years. The move would push California ahead of the ...

Rivers worldwide are warming, losing oxygen, and releasing more greenhouse gases, adding a hidden new source to global ...

Claims that the oceans are now driving a new phase of global cooling have surged across social media, but they collide with a large and consistent body of scientific evidence. Ocean measurements from ...