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Arctic warming accelerates climate change -- and will cost $70 trillion

Take action against climate change -- or pay up.

Want to fight climate change? Eat less beef and lamb, new report concludes

It's probably not what you want to hear -- but it's what needs to be done.

The biggest impact to reducing your carbon footprint is having fewer children

Next up is living car-free, avoiding airplane travel, and turning vegetarian.

Clouds over tropical oceans could break apart if dangerous CO2 threshold is breached

If this ever happens, it would be like having crocodiles in the Arctic.

Climate change will make extreme cold more prevalent -- and that's bad news for some animals

"Extreme" things generally aren't very healthy.

Pioneers of climate science win "Nobel" prize for environment

You could hardly imagine more deserving scientists to receive this award.

The hottest 5 years on record: 2016, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2014

The planet continues to heat up.

Sea level rise might not be as bad as predicted, despite accelerating ice sheet melting

Long story short: it's still bad.

Climate change will recolor much of the oceans by 2100, MIT research suggests

It's not good news.

This surge of extreme cold is probably caused by climate change -- and you'd better get used to it

Counterintuitive -- yes. Disproving global warming? Not in the slightest.

How climate change leads to more frequent thunderstorms

Scientists have put a number between climate change and storm frequency for the first time.

Retreating ice is exposing Arctic moss and plants for the first time in 120,000 years

Climate change is exposing plant life that's been preserved by the ice cap for thousands of years.

"Vested interests" cause major threat to human existence, researchers say

The change can only come from civil society, researchers urge.

What’s Really Affecting Climate Change & How Can We Fix It?

It's the issue of our generation.

Averting catastrophic climate change might be possible -- but only if we phase out fossil fuels immediately

Possible? Yes. Is it realistic? Not really. Should we try anyway? Hell yes!

Yes, the Trump administration really pitched coal at a climate conference

Well... this is awkward.

WHO says tackling climate change will reduce infectious diseases and save millions of lives

Countries need to account for health in all cost-benefit analyses of climate change mitigation.

252 million years ago, climate change nearly wiped out life on Earth; something similar is happening today

If this sounds a bit alarming... it should.

"Collapse of civilization is on the horizon", David Attenborough tells UN climate summit

Time, he stressed, is running out.

Meat and dairy are bad for the climate and the environment, researchers urge

The bottom line: eat more plants!

Unfortunately, the US president still doesn't understand what "climate" means

Regardless of someone's political affiliation, un-scientific beliefs should be taxed. At the end of the day, science is apolitical, and global warming affects us all -- whether we choose to believe in it or not.

One Icelandic glacier-volcano duo is emitting 20 times more methane than all other volcanoes in Europe

When glaciers fall to the dark side, methane happens.

Climate change caused the demise of flourishing Ancient civilization

There's a lesson to be learned from today.

Climate change might damage male fertility

This does not bode well.

Widespread coral species shows unique adaptations against environmental changes

Pocillopora damicornis -- one of the most abundant and widespread reef-building corals in the world -- may help us better understand how anthozoans deal with stress.

World oceans may have absorbed 60% more heat than previously estimated

Ocean life is in bigger trouble than we thought.

Powerful hurricane wipes out tiny Hawaiian island off the map

Climate change claimed another island in the Pacific -- again.

Very few Americans are aware that 97% of climate scientists agree climate change is real

But if they were made aware of the fact, they might change their mind.

California to launch its "own damn satellite" to monitor air pollution, climate change

Go Cali, go!

New map of Antarctica is the most detailed out of all continents

"It’s a bit like being almost blind and putting on glasses for the first time and seeing 20/20," a researcher said.

French environment minister quits during live interview -- says we're not doing enough

It's an extremely courageous decision -- and we can only hope his call doesn't go unheard.

Extremely cold climate may have sealed Neanderthals' extinction

Climate change was unforgiving with the Neanderthals.

European drought reveals cautionary "Hunger Stones" in Czech river

Our forefathers left behind an ominous warning for us -- and we'd best heed it. Otherwise, we can start carving our own years into the rocks.

This year, the UK had a tropical summer -- and you can probably thank global warming for that

Have you noticed summers getting hotter and hotter?

Youtube now adds facts below conspiracy theory videos

This is probably a good thing, but it remains to be seen whether it will actually make a difference.

Europe is so hot right now that it has to stop its nuclear plants

There's a particular irony to this situation.

Geoengineering the Earth against climate change might do as much harm as good

It looks like we'll have to tackle climate change the good old-fashioned way

We can limit global warming to 1.5°C -- but we need to change how we travel, heat homes, and use devices

This might just work.

Man-made climate change makes heatwaves twice more likely

The effects of climate change are way beyond deniabiity, researchers say. It's time to start acting.

Another bleak consequence of climate change: more suicides

As if climate change didn't bring enough problems.

How cycling races could help scientists study the effects of climate change

It's another piece of evidence documenting the effects of climate change.

30 years ago, James Hansen warned Congress of climate change. He was on point

Like Cassandra, the priestess cursed to predict the future and not be believed by anyone, James Hansen's appeal has largely fallen on deaf ears.

West Antarctic bedrock is rising surprisingly fast -- and this may slow down ice melt

Some rare good news.

Why are climate change deniers more likely to be racist?

Well well, here's a surprising correlation.

Rice is losing its nutritional value due to rising CO2 levels

Rice is losing proteins, vitamins, and minerals due to rising CO2 in the atmosphere.

Climate change is making urban animals smaller, new study finds

Climate change has dangerous and often unforeseeable consequences.

Help win the war (for our planet) by planting a Climate Victory Garden

Fighting climate change is as easy as growing some food!

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degree C would save most global species, new study concludes

... but if we keep on with the "business as usual" approach, things will be much worse.

Why alligators on the beach and killer whales in the river is the new normal

Large predators are reclaiming what was rightfully theirs all along.

Egotists' brains just don't care about the future, affecting their choices in life

"Whether the consequences of our choices for ourselves and others are visible immediately or will only materialize in the future, we need to integrate them into our considerations when deciding," the paper's abstract reads.

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