Global warming and climate change are often used interchangeably as synonyms, but scientists prefer to use “climate change” when describing the complex shifts now affecting our planet’s ...

While carbon dioxide, or CO 2, is the best known greenhouse gas, several others, including methane and nitrous oxide, are also driving global warming and altering the Earth's climate. CO 2 ...

The conference is also a key moment for countries to present their updated national climate action plans under the Paris agreement, which must limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial ...

More Than Half of European Heat-Related Deaths in Summer 2022 Attributed to Anthropogenic Warming Oct. 29, 2024 — A new study has now found that more than half -- 56% -- of the heat-related ...

The authors show that a predicted median warming of 1.5 °C implies the possibility of warming outcomes ranging between 0.8 °C and 3.1 °C, because of uncertainties concerning the Earth system ...

By Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman The Trump victory sets back the world’s attempt to rein in dangerous levels of warming and potentially isolates the United States in the global energy ...

(Credit: NOAA Climate.gov) Given record-setting heat waves around the world in recent years, an international team of researchers led by scientists at UC Santa Cruz investigated if the rate of global ...

Scientists find no evidence for a 'surge' in global temperatures READ MORE: 2023 was officially the hottest year on RECORD ...

And against this backdrop of winter's imminent arrival comes a new study that says unusual heat in the Arctic – caused by global warming – is bringing more of the fierce winter weather we ...

This highlights that CO 2 released by weathering could trigger a positive feedback loop that would accelerate warming in Arctic regions. Using these past records from rivers, the researchers ...

More than 90% of global warming over the past several decades has taken place in oceans. Hurricanes are taking full advantage of that extra energy. Rapid intensification, when a hurricane’s wind ...

These record temperatures have spurred discussion and debate about whether the rate of global warming has increased, with some arguing that it has accelerated over the past 15 years. However ...