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 ...

Greenhouses can be good for growing plants. But when applied to the whole planet, the greenhouse effect is bad news. We call the compounds in the atmosphere that trap Earth’s heat, such as carbon ...

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 ...

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

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

Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by meters and lead to "catastrophic consequences for generations," scientists warned ...

5C above the pre-industrial level. Scientists determined that 2024 is now "virtually certain" to become the hottest year ever recorded, following several months of record-breaking temperatures and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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