Earth just had its hottest decade on record
The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday.
The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday.
Since satellites first began monitoring the Arctic in 1979, the average area covered by sea ice has shrunk by at least 40%.
A conference marked by squabbling and deferral yielded little progress despite protests.
Reducing meat and dairy consumption will cut methane and allow forests to thrive.
COP25 in Madrid criticised for focusing on details instead of agreeing deep cuts to emissions.
The world must stop a "war against nature" and find more political will to combat climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday, the eve of a two-week global climate summit in Madrid.
A newly unearthed journal from 1966 shows the coal industry, like the oil industry, was long aware of the threat of climate change.
Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any catastrophic threat and to "tell it like it is". On the basis of this obligation and the graphical indicators presented below, we declare, with more than 11,000 scientist signatories from around the world, clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency.