CLIMATE CHANGE

Scientists studied an area covering over 35,000 square miles and discovered 570 methane vents at depths ranging from 50 meters to 1,700 meters.

The emissions increase could undermine Brazil's position at global climate talks later this year.

Since 2000, the number of extreme weather events in the northern hemisphere have almost doubled, a study is claiming.

A massive earthquake that struck Chile in 2010 caused a series of "icequakes" thousands of miles away in Antarctica.

The desired shift will require greater contributions to energy generation from low-carbon sources such as solar, wind and nuclear power.

The waves were recorded in 2012 in the Beaufort Sea, an area north of Alaska.

Two new mysterious craters were found in Siberia, and geologists say they may have been caused by climate change.

Brazil has been suffering its worst drought in 40 years recently and it's affecting the nation's economy in several ways.

New research foretells how the interaction between warming temperatures and air pollution will harm staple crops.

Wyoming's John Barrasso takes umbrage with the purported influence of “Hollywood elites” in crafting new EPA power plant rules.

Japan on Wednesday approved a new policy to step up the country's investment in coal-fired power plants built in developing countries.

Climate change is affecting hockey players, the NHL said in the first sustainability report for a professional sports league.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott led a carbon tax repeal this week, signaling a disturbing trend for international attempts to curb emissions.

The Australian senate on Thursday passed a bill to repeal the carbon tax, scrapping a law introduced in 2012 by the previous government.

The military says climate is a national security issue, but two House amendments would slash spending on climate research.

A White House climate change task force on Wednesday unveiled a slate of proposals to help localities prepare for global warming effects.

The world's two biggest carbon emitters signed eight partnership pacts during a Beijing summit this week.

New York ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, hedge-fund billionaire Tom Steyer and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson funded the report.

A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll on Wednesday found that more than two-thirds of Americans support the Obama administration's proposal to slash emissions from power plants.

Obama's climate change plan offers nearly $1 billion to help communities not just recover from natural disasters, but prepare for them.

The study debunks fears that some parts of Europe and North America will face even more extreme winter weather over the next 100 years.