In 2016, nearly 200 world leaders pledged to do everything possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Since ...

Reductions in air pollution have helped warm the planet by cutting down on reflective particles in the atmosphere – but ...

The European climate service Copernicus says the world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an ...

The world recorded its hottest January ever in 2025, with global temperatures 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels, according ...

Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.

Earth’s prolonged streak of abnormal heat continued into 2025 despite the arrival of La Niña ocean conditions, which ...

Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much less methane, a potent ...

Scientists link global warming to lower sulfur pollution from ships. Fewer ship aerosols mean less sunlight reflection, allowing heat to stay.

It’s not the white fluffy look-alike our kids snuggle or the cartoon image drinking Coca-Cola or “fat loungers who draw crowds at zoos” or animated replicas who speak to our children with ...

A new study has revealed that ocean warming is accelerating at an alarming rate, increasing more than four times faster than ...

Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier.

Sharks and rays have populated the world's oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overfishing and the loss of their habitat.