Since the Industrial Revolution—an event made possible by the use of fossil fuels in everything from power plants to transportation—Earth has gotten hotter. 2024 was the hottest year on record and the ...

Thwaites “the Doomsday Glacier” West Antarctica is the world’s most famous icon of global warming. It is acting up! Recent ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Tuesday is Earth Day, which is celebrated every year on April 22nd. It was first celebrated in 1970 as a way to raise awareness for environmental issues and planet ...

Earth Day began 56 years ago on this date, April 22, 1970, in the United States. The movement was spearheaded by student activist Denis Hayes who was recruited by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Wilson to ...

Half of Earth's Lakes Are Drying Up as Global Warming Intensifies ...

A new study finds that climate change is creating environments where humans have never successfully cultivated rice before.

The afternoon sun silhouettes Damian Mejia, 9, of Orange, as he jumps through a fountain to cool off from the heat at Lemon Park Spray Pool in Fullerton Friday, July 25, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben/Los ...

When climate scientists first tried to estimate how airborne microplastic affects warming, they modeled it as clean and ...

Continued use of fossil fuels has warmed oceans, melted ice caps and led to some of the hottest years in recorded history. Dangerous and costly severe storms and wildfires have become more frequent as ...

A U.N. panel on climate change seems poised to retire RCP 8.5, a scenario in which the world does nothing to curb ...

Planetary warming has significantly accelerated over the past 10 years, with temperatures rising at a higher rate since 2015 than in any previous decade on record, a new study showed. The Earth warmed ...