It's real. It's happening. It's accelerating. And it's our fault. Human activity — particularly the production of greenhouse gasses from fossil fuel emissions — is reshaping our planet, effecting rapid environmental change at a rate never seen before. Global temperature averages are creeping upward, seas are warming, rising and becoming more acidic, and extreme weather events such as droughts, wildfires, floods and powerful storms are more commonplace. Here's where you'll find the latest on the effects of climate change, and the measures that scientists, world leaders and innovators are taking to reduce our harmful impact on the planet and mitigate the damage already done.
Latest about Climate Change
Over half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs are losing water
The amount lost in the last 30 years is equivalent to 17 Lake Meads — the largest reservoir in the U.S.
New York City may be sinking under its own weight because the buildings are too heavy, scientists warn
Scientists estimate the mass of the 1,084,954 buildings within the five boroughs of New York City is 1.68 trillion pounds.
Global warming will likely cross dangerous 1.5 C threshold within 5 years, UN report warns
The U.N. weather agency has warned that El Niño and human-caused climate change will likely push temperatures into "uncharted territory."
Energy of '25 billion atomic bombs' trapped on Earth in just 50 years, all because of global warming
A new study has revealed that 380 zettajoules of energy was trapped by global warming between 1971 and 2020.
The surface of the ocean is now so hot it's broken every record since satellite measurements began
The upper levels of the ocean have never been this hot. Blame the end of La Niña and the ever-present heating effect of climate change.
World must act now to defuse 'climate time bomb,' UN scientists warn
The UN's final IPCC report warns that drastic action must be taken immediately, but staving off disaster is within humanity's grasp.
'Zombie' viruses have been revived from Siberian permafrost. Could they infect people?
Researchers have isolated viable microbes from melting permafrost after tens of thousands of years. But don't worry; they infect only amoebas.
Antarctica's sea ice reaches its lowest level since records began, for the 2nd year in a row
Antarctica's sea ice recently shrank to its lowest extent since satellite records began more than 40 years ago.
Doomsday Glacier is melting slower than previously thought — but it's still in big trouble
Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, known as the Doomsday Glacier for the role its melt could play in global sea level rise, is melting more slowly than previously estimated, new research finds. But the glacier is still in trouble.
