At any given time, about two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by clouds. Overall, they make the planet much cooler than ...

The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to ...

Summer-only warming experiments underestimate climate change effects on plants compared to year-round temperature increases.

Scientists may be underestimating how plants will respond to rising global temperatures when they study hot summers but not ...

The Paris target is based on very strong scientific evidence that the impacts of climate change would be far greater at 2C of ...

According to a group of scientists, the target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement can no longer be met due to the inability of countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The human fingerprint on global warming was likely evident in Earth’s atmosphere far earlier than previously thought—even ...

In a warming world that’s already affecting farming yields, one crop may be better positioned than others.

The International Energy Agency estimates that 70 percent of the fossil fuel sector’s methane emissions could be cut with ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed sadness over tragic loss of life during recent floods in Eastern Cape, which have ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have found that increasing boreal forest fires may reduce global temperatures and ...

New NASA-led research reveals that global warming is altering wind patterns and shrinking Earth's reflective cloud zones.