The constant deluge of bad news about rising global temperatures and their impacts can make it feel like the world is ending. Is it? Reading time 8 minutes If a 60-mile-wide (100-kilometer-wide) asteroid slammed into Earth tomorrow, it would render the ...

Teens have a shaky understanding of the causes of climate change and the strong scientific consensus around the fact that human activity is driving up global temperatures, according to a report. A little more than half of teenagers correctly identified in ...

Climate change is exacerbating extreme heat waves across the country, burdening families, putting Americans’ health at risk, driving up utility bills, straining ecosystems, and deepening inequality. The start of summer 2025 brought a massive heat dome ...

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague. By Karen Zraick and Marlise Simons The International Court of Justice issued a strongly worded opinion on Wednesday ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Local Extremely Hot Summer Days at CSI 2 or Higher Levels of planet-warming CO2 in the atmosphere surged in 2024, growing at the fastest annual rate on record. The buildup of CO2 and other greenhouse gases is mainly due to ...

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