The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments ...

Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster ...

Satellite data suggests cloud darkening is responsible for much of the warming since 2001, and the good news is that it is a ...

As the climate becomes warmer on average, it makes intuitive sense that we will see more hot days and we've had predictions of this for some time. However, the duration of heatwaves — how many days in ...

One new study identifies a 17% increase in the destructive potential of the strongest nor’easters, while another bolsters ...

A new study suggests that recent rapid global warming may be linked to falling sulphur dioxide pollution, which has dimmed ...

The world's top court is poised to tell governments what their legal obligations are to tackle global warming, and possibly outline consequences for polluters that cause climate harm to vulnerable ...

Air pollution causes cooling by reflecting sunlight or by changing the properties of clouds so they reflect more sunlight.

Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was thought to be the threshold for averting severe climate change impacts. But new research says even that level is too high ...

“Global warming really does mean ocean warming,” Kevin E. Trenberth, a co-author of the review and a scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, said in an interview from New Zealand.

The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday (July 23) said countries must address the "urgent and existential threat" of ...