Although the climate goals set by the Paris Agreement are based on the long-term average temperature, one year of high ...

Without stringent emissions cuts the world is ‘most probably’ already within the period defined in the Paris accord ...

Earth is crossing the 1.5°C limit outlined in the Paris Agreement, beyond which scientists predict catastrophic harm to ...

The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January—and the fact that it ...

Earth passed the 1.5°C warming limit in 2024. The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world.

Despite 2023 and 2024 being the warmest years on record, extreme cold events are still affecting regions across China, Europe ...

New research at NAU looks at faster warming in the Arctic, and highlights concern about risks to the U.S. of a political ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

Despite 2023 and 2024 ranking as the warmest years on record, extreme cold events still gripped parts of China, Europe, and ...

Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...

Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.

In 2016, nearly 200 world leaders pledged to do everything possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Since ...