Researchers say fossil fuel burning and other human activities caused nearly all the rapid warming of the past decade.

HAMBURG — For some time now, climate scientists have been discussing a troubling hypothesis: Is global warming accelerating? The German Physics Society and the German Meteorological Society are now ...

1. Climate science basics -- What is the greenhouse effect and how does it warm the Earth? -- Why are scientists so certain the climate system is warming? -- How does global warming increase sea ...

Many national and corporate climate targets seek to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Yet, global warming continues to increase. This makes it almost inevitable that 1.5°C of global warming will be ...

This two-part Mongabay mini-series examines the current status of the climate emergency, how the global community is likely to respond and what lies ahead for Earth systems and humanity as the planet ...

If you look at at a global temperature change map of the oceans you'll notice the entire planet is warming. That is except ...

Activists at the COP climate conference held last year in Baku, Azerbaijan. This year’s conference will be in Brazil next month. Raising ambition to meet the Paris Agreement goal is a key discussion ...

Real-time tools, visuals, and other resources to quantify the role of climate change in weather events. Alerts We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable ...

In humanity’s ambitious quest to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, scientists have relied on an estimated temperature rise of 0.2 degrees Celsius per ...

Understanding the implications of global warming on the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and virulence factor genes (VFGs) within soil ecosystems is crucial for safeguarding human ...

Early Eocene forest, Wyoming, U.S. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi, Smithsonian Institution Pollinators play a vital role in fertilising flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our ...