13 January 2014, 11:58 AM ET
The fact that the current weather influences Americans' belief about climate change has long frustrated scientists. Now, researchers discover that the reason for this shift is that people use the most accessible information available when making judgments
10 January 2014, 08:39 PM ET
Beneath the lush forests of the Amazon is a whole different level of diversity that new research says may be one of the keys to understanding how to stem the global impacts of deforestation.
10 January 2014, 11:52 AM ET
The Bay Area chapter of 350.org wants all local gas pumps to display a label that states, "WARNING! GAS USE CREATES CLIMATE DISRUPTION."
08 January 2014, 06:07 PM ET
Data from remote locations suggests global warming is not slowing at all.
08 January 2014, 05:05 PM ET
Emperor penguins may be one of the most awkward birds on land, but it turns out they can clamber up Antarctica's steep ice cliffs and start new nesting colonies if their sea-ice homes disappear, a new study finds.
06 January 2014, 04:06 PM ET
Record-breaking cold winter temperatures today (Jan. 6) means global warming must be a farce, right? Wrong, and here's why.
30 December 2013, 03:01 PM ET
Mangrove forests have more than doubled in expanse on the northern end of Florida's East Coast, likely because climate change has led to fewer cold snaps, a new study finds.
30 December 2013, 02:52 PM ET
Is industry really to blame for climate change?
22 December 2013, 01:00 PM ET
Big surprises still hide in snowy Greenland. Despite decades of poking and prodding by scientists, only now has the continent revealed its hidden snow aquifer.
19 December 2013, 02:59 PM ET
From pandemic fungus to robot insurrection, here are 9 apocalyptic visions that scientists foresee.
19 December 2013, 12:21 PM ET
Will genetic diversity help species adapt to climate change?
17 December 2013, 04:35 PM ET
Laser technology known as lidar could be used to track polar-bear dens and, in turn, help shield the dens full of helpless baby polar bears from oil and gas exploration.
17 December 2013, 03:00 PM ET
On Sunday, snow covered 53 percent of the continental United States, which is the largest snow pack on record for that date in the last decade.
17 December 2013, 01:09 PM ET
Last month was the hottest November on record since 1880, new climate data suggests. And the odds that next year will be even hotter are rising.
16 December 2013, 09:25 AM ET
At the beginning of this year, LiveScience asked scientists for their wishes for 2013. What discoveries did they yearn for? What trends did they love or hate in their fields? Now, we look back at the year to see if their wishes came true.
13 December 2013, 10:39 AM ET
Civli Engineer Dorothy Reed is helping New York City prepare for the next hurricane by merging together data from Sandy devastation, including power stations, flood zones, subway lines, and weather forecasts.
13 December 2013, 09:18 AM ET
Kilimanjaro's shrinking northern glaciers, thought to be 10,000 years old, could disappear by 2030.
12 December 2013, 04:26 PM ET
A new digital elevation model shows Kilimanjaro's glaciers are shrinking.
If the pace continues, Credner Glacier could disappear by 2030, said
researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand.
12 December 2013, 03:50 PM ET
Antarctica's crumbling Larsen B Ice Shelf is poised to finally finish its collapse.
12 December 2013, 03:26 PM ET
A type of greenhouse gas that is thought to have a potent impact on global warming was detected in trace amounts in the atmosphere for the first time, according to a new study.
12 December 2013, 10:17 AM ET
The banning of ozone-depleting chemicals hasn't yet caused detectable improvements in the Antarctic ozone hole. That's not because the hole isn't healing. Rather, wind patterns are responsible for the varying size of the ozone hole.
11 December 2013, 12:39 PM ET
Scientists are studying how the warming climate is effecting the vegetation on Greenland's tundra, where woody shrubs are replacing grasslands, which could change how much carbon dioxide is absorbed from the atmosphere.
11 December 2013, 12:00 PM ET
Wildfires may be getting worse in the western United States, and hotter, drier weather that comes with climate change may be to blame.
11 December 2013, 11:26 AM ET
The trail of twisted metal and torn roofs left behind by massive twisters is growing longer and wider, a sign that tornadoes are stronger since the mid-1990s.
10 December 2013, 04:29 PM ET
Diatoms, a type of algae, are an excellent way to measure climate change because of how they respond to the climate and how lake ecosystems might be affected by those changes.
10 December 2013, 03:13 PM ET
Human-caused climate change may have worsened drought in Syria, indirectly contributing to unrest and eventual civil war in the country, a new study finds.
10 December 2013, 01:20 PM ET
The higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could spur mold to grow more allergenic proteins, exacerbating people's response to the fungus, new research finds.
10 December 2013, 09:32 AM ET
Water poured onto crops in the Western United States may evaporate and be carried by winds to the East Coast, making the North Atlantic summers slightly wetter, new research suggests.
09 December 2013, 05:05 PM ET
Bacteria that hitch a ride on methane bubbles from the ocean floor may devour the greenhouse gas before it has a chance to enter the atmosphere, new research suggests.
08 December 2013, 03:40 PM ET
Thirty years of shrinking Arctic sea ice has boosted extreme summer weather, including heat waves and drought, in the U.S and elsewhere.
06 December 2013, 09:38 PM ET
Is existing evidence for a warming climate enough for people to act?
06 December 2013, 04:36 PM ET
More than 20,000 scientists will descend on San Francisco this week for the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
06 December 2013, 11:25 AM ET
More than 20,000 scientists will descend on San Francisco Monday for the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
05 December 2013, 07:05 PM ET
Arctic drilling brings great risks for few rewards.
04 December 2013, 03:27 PM ET
Famed climate scientist James Hansen and colleagues from a diverse array of disciplines, including economist Jeffrey Sachs, make the case that warming needs to be kept below the widely cited figure of 2 degrees Celsius, by means of a carbon tax.
04 December 2013, 10:04 AM ET
As waters rise around New York, so does a city park.
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