Mere months after atmospheric carbon dioxide permanently surpassed a symbolic threshold of 400 parts per million, scientists have more bad news: emissions of methane, a…
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Riesco, the country's fourth-largest island, at the southern tip of South America, and the waters around it, is home to many species, such as the…
Last month was the hottest September on record, which means 2016 is all but locked into being the hottest year on record, according to new…
Last month was the hottest September on record, which means 2016 is all but locked into being the hottest year on record, according to new…
As President Barack Obama heralds the ratification of the Paris climate agreement, a new study shows that methane emissions from the fossil fuel industry are far higher than previously estimated.…
Remember the good old days when climate change was something that would occur a century or more in the future? Something we could avoid if…
BOULDER, Colo. -- Greenhouse gases are already having an accelerating effect on sea level rise, but the impact has so far been masked by the…
A devastating dose of long-term climate change combined with a strong El Niño in 2015 seemingly left every major climate record on the books shattered, according…
Environmental records of all kinds are being shattered as climate change takes effect in real time, scientists warned on Tuesday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Humans might not be the only creatures that care about the welfare of other animals. Scientists are beginning to recognize a pattern in humpback whale…
Like the rest of the world, Alaska has been unusually hot this year—and it's about to get hotter. That's according to the most recent data released…
What if you were told the US Navy is legally permitted to harass, injure or kill nearly 12 million whales, dolphins, porpoises, sea lions and…