Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth's average temperatures and weather conditions. The world has been warming up quickly over the past 100 years or so. As a result, weather patterns are changing. Since the 1980s, each decade has been warmer than the previous one, the UK Met Office says.

International collaboration on climate change is fraying. The Trump administration withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement, the 2015 treaty aiming to limit global warming, and has penalized the renewable-energy business and promoted fossil fuels.

The constant deluge of bad news about rising global temperatures and their impacts can make it feel like the world is ending. Is it? Reading time 8 minutes If a 60-mile-wide (100-kilometer-wide) asteroid slammed into Earth tomorrow, it would render the ...

Teens have a shaky understanding of the causes of climate change and the strong scientific consensus around the fact that human activity is driving up global temperatures, according to a report. A little more than half of teenagers correctly identified in ...

The leaders told us how they are facing a warming planet in a world where international collaboration on climate change is fraying. By David Gelles I host the Climate Forward newsletter and live event series. Climate debates often focus on the world’s ...

Click the downloadable graphic: What is attribution science? Humans have increased Earth’s temperature, mainly by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and methane gas. The resulting heat-trapping pollution has caused global average temperatures to rise ...

‘Solastalgia’ might help explain the negative effects of climate change on mental health, suggests a review of the available research, published in the open access journal BMJ Mental Health. Solastalgia is caused by changes to the home or surrounding ...

A new research initiative aims to shed light on just how much schools contribute to climate change—and what they can do so their buildings can withstand climate impacts and students can be involved in mitigating the effects. The initiative, called ...