Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 3.6%, Hit New High in 2011
Large increases in China offset decreases in the US and Europe, new data from the IEA shows.
- Louisville, Detroit, Cleveland May See Nearly 20,000 More Heat-Related Deaths Each Year by 2100
- Man-made Pollution Shifting Tropics and Sub-Tropics Poleward
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Successful, Dragon Capsule one Step Closed to ISS
- Seagrasses Can Store Twice as Much Carbon as Forests
- Last 60 Years In Australia Have Been Warmest in Past Millennium
- Nearly 10% of Western Hemisphere's Animals Won't Be Able to Outrun Climate Change
- Extreme Rainstorms in Midwest Double Over Past 50 Years
- Statistical Analysis Shows 2 Degree Temperature Rise Zones in North America
Latest Stories in Climate Change
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Fewer Americans Believe Climate Change Is Not Happening Than We Think
The latest of Yale University's surveys on American attitudes towards climate change also shows that two-thirds of people now believe the planet is warming, but fewer attribute it to human activity.
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NASA Discovers Yet Another Terrifying Global Warming Feedback Loop
As if the melting methane-packed permafrost and shrinking Arctic ice sheets weren't enough.
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British Drought Turns into Massive Rainfall
The sale of umbrellas in Britain has jumped by 2,850%--in the middle of a drought.
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Expect 2°C Temperature Rise by Mid-Century, Club of Rome Report Says
On a more positive note, the report also notes that population growth with stabilize sooner than expected, at about 8 billion people by 2042.
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Last 12 Months Were Hottest on Record for US
For this year so far, the US is running 5.4°F above the long-term average.
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Dinosaur Farts Contributed to Global Warming, Study Suggests
A British study has found that dinosaur flatulence could have produced 520 million tons of methane gas annually, contributing to a warm climate.
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Antarctic Octopus Genes Contain Clues About Ancient Catastrophic Ice Sheet Collapse
If the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed, it could raise seas by 16 feet (5 meters), which would be disastrous. Thankfully, we're not at that point yet, but if the Earth's climate keeps warming, we could eventually get there.
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Alphonso Mango Shortage Blamed on Climate Change
They are so good that Ben & Jerry named an ice cream after them.
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Greenland Glaciers Now Moving to Sea 30% Faster Than 10 Years Ago
It sounds bad, but actually it's not a worst case scenario...
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See How Climate Change & Rising Sea Levels Plague American Cities Right Now (Video)
Rising sea levels caused be global warming are impacting communities across the nation right now.
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Particulate Pollution Delayed Climate Change Over Eastern United States
It's important to clean up the air because of things like acid rain and respiratory diseases, but under certain conditions, particulate matters in the air can reflect some heat back into space and create a regional cooling effect.
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Thousands of Scientists in 67 Nations Call for No-Fishing Zone in Newly Exposed Arctic
The Arctic melting, and fishing operations are eyeballing the new territory. Scientists say, hands off
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Discovery to Air Frozen Planet Marathon on Earth Day (Attenborough Version)
While we loved Alec Baldwin's narration of the U.S. version of Frozen Planet, there's always something special that happens when Sir David Attenborough narrates and nature documentary.
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Seven Out of Ten Americans Agree: Climate Change Leads to Extreme Weather
A new Yale study shows that Americans are "connecting the dots" between extreme weather and climate change.
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Glaciers in Karakoram Range Buck Worldwide Trend, Put on Mass Instead of Retreating
Local conditions may be part of the reason why glaciers in the part of the world are not behaving the way most of the world's permanent ice fields are.
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Feeding 7+ Billion in a Warming World (Video)
Check out the live feed of the Future Tense conference, Feeding the World While the Earth Cooks.
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You Have Just Experienced the Hottest US Winter on Record
The average temperature in March was 8.6˚ F hotter than the 20th century average, NOAA reports. As a whole, Jan-March was 6˚ F hotter.
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CNN Meteorologist Connects Extreme Weather to Climate Change (Video)
I certainly wish we didn't live in a media environment in which this is notable news ...
