What would be the price tag for shielding the Earth from global warming using a chemical cloud? It might be just $1 billion to $3 billion, making a sun-reflecting project much cheaper than combating ...

Choosing Google’s Mountain View, Calif. campus as the venue for another big federal cleantech announcement, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu launched a $151 million round of government grants ...

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 ...

Even if you live far from the boreal forests in Canada and Siberia, you've likely noticed an increase in smoke from their forest fires. During major blazes in 2023, the smoke tinted the New York sky ...

Attribution researches the influence of climate change on local weather and impacts. We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around ...

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 ...

Global warming has picked up speed in the past decade, according to a new analysis from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). By removing short term natural influences such as El ...

Global warming has accelerated since 2015, according to a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). After accounting for known natural influences on global temperature, the ...

British scientists have revealed a controversial plan to sprinkle salt into the sky in an effort to slow climate change. Researchers from Manchester University are testing whether a fine mist of salt ...

As global temperatures rise and demand for air conditioning and refrigeration soars, all countries must adopt common-sense initiatives to make cooling more efficient, less emissions-intensive, and ...