The Earth is absorbing more sunlight and trapping more heat than it releases into space, causing our planet to warm up at an ...

The head of the UN's climate science panel, Jim Skea, has expressed concern over the accelerating pace of climate impacts, ...

Climate impacts are unfolding faster than expected and scientists have been surprised by the speed of temperature rise, the chief of the United Nations’ climate science panel has said. In an interview ...

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth.

Rising temperatures could reduce trees' ability to photosynthesize. Scientists are trying to figure out just how close we are to that point.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has focused on mountain systems in its latest assessment.

Altered Precipitation Patterns Global warming is increasingly recognized for its role in altering precipitation patterns ...

The French government on Monday unveiled its long-awaited third national climate adaptation plan, outlining 52 measures aimed ...

With global average temperatures expected to continue to rise in the coming decades, scientists have projected that warming will significantly harm global agriculture as it weakens crop yields and ...

The researchers found that for every 0.1°C increase in the global average air temperature, Brazil experienced an estimated ...

The rise in global temperatures has already reached the level of an unprecedented threat to humanity and the entire ecosystem ...