Global warming

The landslides have released greenhouse gases by thawing and exposing organic materials that then rot. 

The occasion comes after the UN warned humanity has 12 years to prevent global temperatures from rising 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, causing catastrophic weather events.

"Republicans don't have to be the party of fossil fools."

Australian scientists find a huge amount of water held in subglacial lakes near the ocean.

"If we don't act aggressively and immediately on climate, it's not going to be a pretty picture," Mayor Pete Buttigieg warned.

The demonstrations, which starkly illustrated students' frustrations with adult apathy, pushed an unsettling message: Save our planet, save our futures.

From the single best thing you can do to help the climate, to how long the planet is going to last.

The collision triggers a chemical reaction that causes carbon dioxide to be sucked from the atmosphere.

If growth continues, it could negate or reverse any gains made by reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

Oceans cover 71 percent of the Earth's surface and make up more than 99 percent of the planet's livable habitat.

A study of more than 2 billion tweets reveals how quick people are to normalize extreme weather.

"If I do run, here's what my message is: You have to choose the nation's destiny. We cannot make that wrong choice once again. We're the last generation."

Stratocumulus clouds became unstable as CO2 concentrations increased, simulations reveal.

Scientists warn that human emissions could reach a level not seen for 55 million years by the 22nd century.

Most wild animals are averse to being so close to humans, so their incursions into our lives shows how desperate they are getting.

Broecker once said that by burning fossil fuels, we are "playing with an angry beast."

"People are scared, they are afraid to leave their homes," a local official said.

"How can a president of the United States give a State of the Union speech and not mention climate change?" asked Senator Bernie Sanders.

"First it was global warming, then it was climate change, now maybe extreme weather?" Fox correspondent Ed Henry said.

"This study further confirms what we have long feared. Climate change impacts like drought are already eroding the natural sinks for carbon around the world," commented one expert.

Many people around the world conflate "weather" and "climate."

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's recent doomsday warning was rejected by the White House press secretary.

In an attempt to be either funny or ironic, President Donald Trump started his Sunday by launching into several Twitter rants, including a thinly veiled, recycled punchline directed at the scientific community that compared a massive U.S. cold front and "Global Warming."

Antarctica contains enough water to raise global sea levels by 190 feet, according to NASA.

Warming waters around the world are turning turtles female on a massive scale.

"We are not going to become the first victims of the climate crisis," Mohamed Nasheed told the international conference. "Climate change is a national security issue for us."

Professor David Holland of NYU told Newsweek that the melting "could have a major impact on global sea-level rise over this century and beyond if this loss of East Antarctic ice continues at the present rate."

The pro-fossil fuel U.S. event will take place as world leaders work to cap emissions and prevent "catastrophic" global warming.

In the past few weeks, three significant reports on climate change have been published. But they all underestimate the risks of runaway catastrophic climate change.

It is up to us demand our leaders listen to their own scientific agencies and move to save us, and our children, from climate catastrophe. Now is our moment.