CLIMATE CHANGE

Global warming poses a threat to all humankind and requires a new kind of cooperation between China and the United States, US climate envoy John Kerry told Chinese officials on Tuesday.

Chinese citizens flocked to air raid shelters to keep themselves cool and away from the scorching heat as the world experienced its hottest week ever.

High in the Austrian Alps, hundreds of construction workers toil in a huge underground project aimed at storing hydropower as climate change has reduced the country's water-dependent electricity production.

"Flooding, drought, and other extreme weather events worsened by climate change force many people to leave their homes. This can lead to an increase in human trafficking. Women and girls are especially vulnerable to sexual exploitation in this situation," said Michael Gerrard, an acclaimed environmental lawyer.

"Given China's outsized role in adding to carbon pollution, it needs to move away from coal power-- fast. Yet when clean power runs short, including when climate-fueled drought shuts hydropower plants down, China falls back on coal. To succeed at emissions reduction, China needs to break that cycle," climate risk expert Alice C. Hill told IBT.

Residents in an isolated coastal village in Indonesia rely on used tires and sandbags to protect their community from rising sea levels and climate change.

Here are the top 30 cities with the worst air quality, as of this week.

Weather systems and climate change are exacerbating the effects of the wildfires raging across Canada as they send hazardous smoke toward the U.S.

A new study offers a grim look at how a multi-day blackout during a heat wave could lead to significant loss of life and illnesses in Phoenix, Arizona.

Scientists suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter for alternative social networks as hostile climate-change denialism surges on the platform following Elon Musk's takeover.

During a virtual meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, Biden urged his counterparts to meet a target of limiting overall global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Climate change is among the major global issues of the 21st century.

Firms find that investors penalize their stock less for high greenhouse gas emissions if they voluntarily disclose that data, researchers at Lazard's climate center said on Friday.

Restoring animals may actually help capture and store carbon, researchers have found.

Mortality peaked three to six months following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

The plants catch and digest insects using their sticky leaves so as to compensate for the nutrient deficiency of the substrate that they're growing in.

While it may cause health issues among people, the seaweed reportedly helps a number of migratory sea creatures by providing them with a habitat.

A rise in Clean-Air Turbulence is alarming because it cannot be detected by onboard flight radar equipment and can strike "without warning," researchers say.

The upcoming anthology boasts an all-star cast that includes Meryl Streep and David Schwimmer.

The economic confrontation between the United States and China has put Europe in the crossfire, with Washington's plan to boost green industries threatening to cause collateral damage to a key ally.

Australia has seen an increase in snake sightings as it experiences its third consecutive La Niña.