Global carbon emissions continue slow growth for 3rd consecutive year: Study

Global carbon emissions are still on the rise, but they are growing slower than they have in the past, according to a study.
15 November 2016, 15:04 PM

375 top scientists warn not to vote for Trump

In an open letter, hundreds of top scientists warn against voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, saying it would be disastrous for the planet if he becomes the US president.
21 September 2016, 14:20 PM

Sea ice in Arctic shrinks to second lowest level on record

Arctic sea ice this summer shrinks to its second lowest level since scientists started to monitor it by satellite, with scientists saying it is another ominous signal of global warming.
18 September 2016, 12:25 PM

Global warming is now changing how Earth wobbles

Global warming is shifting the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new NASA study finds.
10 April 2016, 05:06 AM

Giant sheet of ice breaks off into the ocean

A roughly 2,000-square-mile block of ice just broke off in the Arctic Ocean.
17 March 2016, 05:16 AM

Darker ice causes Greenland to melt faster: study

Greenland’s snow-white ice is getting darker and melting faster, according to a new study, published in the European Geosciences Union journal The Cryosphere.
5 March 2016, 05:05 AM

Climate change poised to hurt food supplies: study

The effects of climate change on food production could cause 500,000 extra deaths by 2050 compared to a world without global warming, according to a study released Thursday.
3 March 2016, 06:48 AM

Sea levels rising at fastest pace in 2,800 years: study

The world's oceans are rising at a faster rate than any time in the past 2,800 years, and might even have fallen without the influence of human-driven climate change, researchers say.
23 February 2016, 14:39 PM

21st Century US 'dustbowl' risk assessed

US scientists have modelled how a 1930s-like "dustbowl" drought might impact American agriculture today, and found it to be just as damaging.
13 February 2016, 04:46 AM

Freak heatwave pushes temperatures at North Pole above freezing

Temperatures at the North Pole rises above freezing point, 20 degrees Celsius above the mid-winter norm and the latest abnormality in a season of extreme weather events.
31 December 2015, 09:06 AM

COP 21: 2015 likely to be warmest on record, says UN weather body

Temperatures across the globe are likely to break records in 2015 with readings running "well above" any previous year, scientists say.
25 November 2015, 12:23 PM

Major greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2014

Researchers say planet's surface temperature reached its hottest point in 135 years.
16 July 2015, 15:36 PM

Getting wet feet for Tuvalu

An artwork that gets your feet wet is about to be unveiled in Venice at the 56th International Biennale.
6 May 2015, 15:31 PM

Climate change: Nature's wrath hits hard

The warnings could not have been more severe: a monster named Haiyan was coming, a storm carrying rains at wind speeds no one on Earth had ever seen or felt before, so strong it could sweep the sea inland.
18 April 2015, 12:43 PM

Global CO2 emissions 'stalled' in 2014

International Energy Agency's data shows the growth in global carbon emissions stalled last year
14 March 2015, 12:35 PM