Global warming

2016 was the hottest year on record. So why did the government cancel a major climate change summit?

Temperatures are unlikely to set a new peak in 2017 after the El Nino faded.

When the huge piece of ice shelf Larsen C breaks off scientists fear it could spark a rise in sea levels.

The National Energy Administration said the investment would help create more than 13 million jobs.

The world's largest wild reindeer herd has decreased in size by nearly half of its glory just 16 years ago. What's to blame? Likely us.

President-elect Donald Trump stirred further controversy with his picks for the EPA, homeland security, and China ambassador.

Eighty-nine percent of insurance companies surveyed were judged as being deficient in their approach.

Droughts make conflicts more likely but their impact is limited.

If Donald Trump gets into the White House, "global warming" could magically disappear.

A White House summit is called to confront the new world that has opened up in the Arctic.

The research looked at the ability of 236 grass species to adapt to climate change.

The estimated global population will be 9 billion in 2050. Can we feed them?

One fifth of Marshall Island's population left between 1999 and 2011. Rising seas may push out the rest.

While creationists, global warming deniers and anti-vaccine groups seem like sideshows, each undermines a fact-based view of reality.

Researchers found evidence of the origins of man-made climate change by studying tree rings, corals and ice cores.

The July record came as the impact of El Niño faded, adding weight to fears that 2016 will go down in history as the hottest year since records began.

The big question facing researchers is if marine heatwaves are increasing in frequency or severity or both, as a result of global warming.

A new study finds that climate change is significantly stunting trees' growth—hindering their ability to take carbon out of the air.

Donald Trump calls global warming a "hoax" and his vice presidential counterpart, Mike Pence, calls it a "myth."

The effect hasn't been included in global climate models.

Scientists say if we keep burning fossil fuels at the same rate, what we think of as extreme summer heat will become the new normal.

It's a vicious cycle: As the weather warms, the Earth's permafrost is melting, releasing greenhouse gases that are going to make the planet even hotter.

Trump, who has repeatedly called global warming a hoax, is trying to build a sea wall in Ireland to protect one of his golf courses from...global warming.

The EU must develop a strategy to prepare for climate change, which can extenuate refugee crises.

April broke the global temperature record, marking seven months of new highs.

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A climate change denier as U.S. president would dramatically threaten global action to cut carbon emissions, says ex-French foreign minister Laurent Fabius.

Observing the climate is sometimes as easy as paying attention to what's going on outside, and people have been doing it for centuries.

Residents of the Northeast hold some of the country's most progressive views on climate change, according to a Yale study.

Humans develop knowledge by testing competing theories, not outlawing them.