Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius – the fallback target of the Paris climate accord – is now ...

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Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.

Jan. 30, 2025 — The UK's peatlands face an uncertain future amid the escalating impacts of climate change. Peatlands are critical ecosystems for carbon storage and biodiversity, containing more ...

The rapid meltdown of polar ice could shut down a key ocean current by 2050, triggering catastrophic surges of sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast and dangerous climate shifts in northwestern ...

Ocean warming has more than quadrupled in recent decades and is likely to accelerate even faster if humanity fails to address ...

New assessment warns area the size of the USA will become too hot during extreme heat events for even healthy young humans to maintain a safe body temperature if we hit 2 degrees Celsuis above ...

Manmade aerosols have long been considered a prime factor in global warming, but now they are reducing, worldwide ...

Global warming is worsening droughts, making sea levels rise, and fueling deadly storms. Now scientists have a new problem to ...