In the soils of Earth's wetlands, microbes are in a tug-of-war to produce and consume the powerful greenhouse gas methane. But if the Earth gets too hot, it could tip the scale in favor of the methane ...

Climate advocates hope this sort of model could result in court rulings that make polluters pay. The oil and gas industry ...

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

Backed by environmental groups but slammed by the fuel industry, a proposal would require climate change warning labels on gas pumps in Colorado.

Rapid temperature flips from hot to cold extremes have increased across the world, according to a new study published in ...

Among the many goals are to use land-use policy to reduce reliance on cars, make parks more accessible, increase the tree ...

Continued use of fossil fuels has warmed oceans, melted ice caps and led to some of the hottest years in recorded history. Dangerous and costly severe storms and wildfires have become more frequent as ...

It is happening. • It’s caused by man. • Man can slow it down. • It is already causing major damage to the environment, human health and the world economy. • It will only get worse if we don’t take ...

With the world set to blow past its temperature targets, efforts are growing to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

Plastic is made from chemicals derived from fossil fuels, the burning of which drives the climate crisis by producing ...

While the Earth Day movement has helped raise awareness about human-amplified climate change and has led to some regulatory actions, 5 1/2 decades later, the planet continues to warm at an alarming ...

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...