Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those from industrial sources, prompting concerns about a climate feedback loop.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. World climate leaders now acknowledge that global warming will surpass the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit set in the Paris climate ...

Scientists say warming is increasing faster than at any time in at least 3 million years. There is no guide for what comes ...

The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.

The Pacific Ocean is warming so quickly that scientists had to find a new method for detecting and predicting El Niño and La Niña events.

For years, climate policy has been built around the idea that humanity still had a narrow window to keep global warming within a relatively “safe” range. Now a wave of new research suggests that ...

With climate change steadily dismantling the icy habitat essential to their existence, new research suggests polar bears are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive. The species is ...

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are set to rise 1.1% in 2025 to record highs, research has found. New analysis finds that many countries are shifting to clean energy, but that is not enough ...

A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.

As human activities have released greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping excess heat and warming the planet, the ocean has absorbed more than 90% of that excess heat since the 1970s. The ocean ...