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'The push towards renewables is unstoppable because it's in a country's self-interest': Climate scientist Andy Reisinger on Trump, Iran, and the future of EarthOnce global warming peaks, it could take centuries to cool things back down. But we can bend the curve by cutting fossil fuel emissions now.
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New York City is at major risk of flooding that could leave 4.4 million people exposed to extreme damage, study findsThe new flood risk index identified eight cities along the U.S. East Coast that are at high or very high risk of floods causing extreme damage.
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'Nations need to prepare now': Key Atlantic ocean current is much closer to collapse than scientists thoughtAn alarming study claims the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is weakening more than believed previously. But experts say its findings are far from the final word.
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Some polar bears are adapting to their melting habitat. Will it be enough to save the iconic species?Bears in Svalbard, Norway, are fatter than expected, and others in Greenland are showing signs of genetically adapting to climate change — but the signs elsewhere are not good.
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Western states face above-normal wildfire threats this summer. New maps reveal which areas are most at risk.Amid drought and heat waves, April's national wildfire forecast shows that nearly the entire Western U.S. will face an above-normal risk of wildfires at some point in the next four months.
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California declared war on smog in the 1970s. The knock-on effects were huge.A professor of environmental law explores the 1970 Clean Air Act and it how it has effected car emissions and smog in the decades since.
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Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them.Melting ice, rebounding land, and rising seas will change what resources are available in Antarctica, a new analysis finds.
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Earth's energy imbalance is much more extreme than climate models show — but scientists aren't sure whyFor reasons that are still unclear, climate models underestimate the growing gap between the amount of energy Earth receives from the sun and the amount the planet radiates into space.
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Extreme wildfires, droughts and storms could happen even under moderate global warming, study findsNew research suggests devastating climate outcomes that are typically associated with extreme global warming could hit even we limit heating to 3.6 F above preindustrial levels.
