Coastal Erosion Accelerates at Unprecedented Rates Here's something that might catch you off guard. Half the world's beaches ...

Ice cover on the Great Lakes has often been thought to cap evaporation that can influence water levels and regional weather.

Megadrought and climate change is making water even more scarce in the West. Imagine a world where water is scarce in the West -- or at least stretches of the increasingly hot and dry landscape. A ...

1. Climate science basics -- What is the greenhouse effect and how does it warm the Earth? -- Why are scientists so certain the climate system is warming? -- How does global warming increase sea ...

The World Meteorological Organization’s fifth annual Air Quality and Climate Bulletin, issued in September, called attention to the effects of air pollution on climate change and human and ecosystem ...

Prolonged droughts, wildfires and water shortages. Torrential downpours that overwhelm dams and cause catastrophic flooding. Around the globe, rising temperatures stoked by climate change are ...

In March, the World Meteorological Organisation reported that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere had reached its highest level in the past 800,000 years – and continues to ...

In that moderate emissions scenario, we found the highest sea-level rise from Antarctic ice melt alone, up to 5 feet (1.5 ...

Point State Park, center, at the confluence of the Allegheny, left, Monongahela, right, and Ohio, bottom left, rivers in Downtown Pittsburgh is flooded on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Across the country, ...

Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Accord. — -- President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the landmark Paris climate agreement could have far reaching consequences on climate ...