The major cause of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide (and other Greenhouse gases) into the atmosphere, which traps heat radiating from ...

How are humans causing climate change? The climate has changed naturally throughout the Earth's history. But natural causes cannot explain the particularly rapid warming seen over the last century ...

In a landmark shift, a new study has found that climate change is now the most pervasive human-caused threat to imperiled ...

Authors of an article in BioScience reveal that climate change has become the most pervasive threat to ESA-listed species, ...

Could measures to limit future population growth make a substantial contribution to mitigating climate change? A fundamental ... are both a symptom and a cause of slow progress in development ...