Ancient oceans, driven by microscopic life, once pulled vast amounts of carbon from the atmosphere, leading to dramatic ...

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The world has witnessed unprecedented climate changes in recent decades, leading many to wonder: Has climate change become faster than ever before? Scientific studies indicate ...

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The new dataset, published in Earth System Science Data by 16 scientists, shows a significantly cooler Earth from the late ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. One: “I’m a physical scientist who sees modern energy as ...

The World Meteorological Organization’s fifth annual Air Quality and Climate Bulletin, issued in September, called attention to the effects of air pollution on climate change and human and ecosystem ...

Could a warming planet actually trigger a deep freeze? Discover how Earth's tiny ocean organisms might flip the climate from ...

The Yale Climate Opinion Maps have been released from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communications, within the Yale School of the Environment. The goal is to study how people around the world are ...

Global warming is changing the way storms behave. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Hurricane Erin is whipping up the Atlantic Ocean at speeds over 100 miles per hour. The trajectory of the storm has it ...

The sweeping changes have affected everything from coal plant retirements to international diplomacy over shipping emissions.