The main causes of climate change — particularly the rapid global warming observed since the pre-industrial period — are almost entirely driven by human activities that increase greenhouse gas ...

Climate-driven extreme river discharge is projected to prolong and intensify coastal hypoxia, with stronger stratification and spatially uneven oxygen loss, suggests a study using an event-based ...

Learn how climate change occurs and why humans are causing it. CFR Education aims to build global affairs literacy by providing free, nonpartisan resources and programming to help high school and ...

NASA and NOAA keep separate definitions for global warming and climate change. One is a temperature number. The other covers ...

“Earth’s climate system is moving deeper into uncharted territory,” scientists warn.

Imagine a snowball rolling down a hill. As it rolls, it picks up more and more snow, getting larger and heavier. The bigger it gets, the faster it rolls and the more snow it collects. Something ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events Click the downloadable pdf: Statements You Can Make About Climate Change and Extreme Weather Humans have increased Earth’s ...

The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.” By Alan Rappeport and Lisa Friedman Alan Rappeport covers ...

More than 80 million people are under an Extreme Heat Warning or Heat Advisory through this week, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters at the service's Weather Prediction Center ...

As environmental forces make fishing and harvesting more costly, the price of once-everyday fish has ballooned.