Global Warming

Historical sites across the globe are at risk due to rising sea levels, but without reliable data we can't even assess the full scope of the problem, let alone solve it.

• By Patty Hamrick

In a study released Thursday, a group of scientists announced the creation of what they say is a significantly cheaper method to scrub carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere.

• By Jack Denton

The scientific community is working to make its predictions more accurate, but there's still a long way to go.

• By Francie Diep

Ticks that carry the pathogenic bacteria can now survive in environments where they previously would've frozen to death, resulting in an increased risk of infection.

• By Gabriela Serrato Marks

As a result of rising ocean temperatures coral bleaching is becoming more common, and it's causing a biotic homogenization of local fish populations.

• By Todd Woody

As food and water sources become threatened by changing weather patterns, experts say these are the areas most susceptible to instability and bloodshed.

• By Thor Benson

A new study examines the influence that the climate we live in has on shaping our personalities, and what that means in the time of climate change.

• By Amanda Kolson Hurley

A new study predicts a steep drop in fisheries' production. It's the latest in a growing body of research to show how changes to the Earth's ecosystems will cause disruption to its inhabitants.

• By Candace Butera

Assessing the present value of projecting how human impact on the world's environment will shape our reality hundreds of years from now.

• By Dmitry Yumashev

As the world fails to reach its emissions goals, some scientists say it's time to look for other solutions to the problem.

• By Jessica Leber

Research shows that Americans are far less concerned about the threat of global warming than their European counterparts.

• By Gregory J. Carbone

University of Hawaii law professor Maxine Burkett explains how small island states can use legal action to attempt to protect their way of life.

• By Ian Evans

This year's thinner, slushier ice is more vulnerable than the past's thick, multi-year ice, and it melts out rapidly during a spike in temperature or intense cyclonic activity.

• By Gloria Dickie

It's really getting hot in here.

• By Kate Wheeling

At a major Arctic symposium, experts say that iceberg swarms, melting sea ice, and crumbling coastlines are disrupting ships and displacing communities.

• By Bob Berwyn

The iceberg has a volume twice that of Lake Erie and weighs more than a trillion metric tons.

• By Francie Diep

Arctic sea ice is more unstable than ever, and the ice may be melting toward a record in 2017, or not; one place to find out for sure is on the Arctic Sea Ice Blog and Forum.

• By Gloria Dickie

Planes are grounded, tap water comes out hot, and we'd all better get used to it.

• By Eric Holthaus

Despite continued inaction by Congress, March was a really good month for clean-energy reform.

• By Ben DeJarnette

A new study finds that global warming is changing the way climate influences wine grape harvests, with potential implications for wine quality in the future.

• By Kate Wheeling

Without conversion to clean energy, rising energy demand worldwide will accelerate global warming. Here's what that means for the developing world—and for the rest of us too.

• By Ben DeJarnette

The oil and gas industry is the United States' biggest emitter of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

• By Francie Diep

China is the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter—and right now, Beijing is taking climate much more seriously than Washington is.

• By Francie Diep

In fewer than 40 years, the average person will have 3.2 percent less food available to him/her, according to a new study.

• By Madeleine Thomas