CLIMATE CHANGE

A team of scientists has urged to immediately develop strategies to slow down the permafrost melting.

The German automaker could face heavy fines from regulators in the Golden State, as well as from federal and international authorities, for cheating on emissions standards.

The proposal, in which the U.S. and China would jointly tackle climate change, may be one of the few areas of agreement during the Chinese leader's U.S. visit.

While the pope told Congress that climate change is an urgent problem, Trump brushed the issue aside.

In 2013, just over 1,000 coal mines were operating, as cheap natural gas and weak global demand continued to take a toll on coal production.

According to a new study, Americans might be dumping more than twice as much trash in landfills as previous estimates suggest.

Eleven GOP leaders, led by Rep. Chris Gibson, have signed a resolution urging action on climate change, in a major break from the party line.

In a span of just four decades, global populations of marine mammals, fish, birds and reptiles have halved, a new study by the WWF revealed.

According to a U.N.-backed study, land degradation, soil erosion and desertification might displace 50 million people within a decade.

Many people on social media have begun blaming global warming for the poor health of some Arctic creatures.

Reports suggest that the U.S. and the EU have agreed to contentious provisions seeking to address weather-linked loss and damage in poor nations.

Climate change has the potential to irreversibly evolve the tiny set of microorganisms and could trigger damage to the associated marine food chain.

Weather agencies predict the evolving El Niño may turn into the strongest on record, bringing floods and drought to East Africa and devastating rural communities.

Scientists warn that more sustained wildfires associated with less moisture could convert forests of trees into forests of shrubs.

Australia will fail to meet its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets under current policy measures, according to a new analysis.

Sea levels worldwide rose an average of nearly 3 inches (8 cm) since 1992, the result of warming waters and melting ice, a panel of NASA scientists said on Wednesday.

Researchers warn of "very dramatic and very fast" changes to the boreal forest cover, which accounts for nearly 30 percent of the planet's total forest area.

Researchers warned that current carbon dioxide levels meant that "we are orchestrating something akin to the end of an ice age, but much faster."

With July temperatures breaking previous records, 2015 seems on track to becoming the hottest year ever.

The Columbia University study is the first to quantify just how much global warming is exacerbating California's drought crisis.

According to a new study, the country's carbon emissions in 2013 may have been 14 percent lower than previous estimates.