global warming

Tropical forest Indonesia

Tropical forests are becoming net carbon producers, instead of carbon sinks

Tropical forests have historically absorbed excess carbon dioxide, but new research indicates that these areas have become a net source of CO2.

Tropical forests are becoming net carbon producers, instead of carbon sinks
hurricane approaching land

Is climate change making hurricanes worse?

Is climate change making hurricanes worse?
An Atlantic cod.

For fish, the good and bad of warming ocean waters

For fish, the good and bad of warming ocean waters
Eating a mussel

To understand climate change, look at it from a mussel's perspective

To understand climate change, look at it from a mussel's perspective
Pancakes

Climate change might leave a bad taste in your mouth. Literally.

Climate change might leave a bad taste in your mouth. Literally.
Arctic

President Trump, why are scientists finding their research suddenly being censored by the government?

Convincing the public about the threat of climate change is hard enough as it is, but what happens when climate scientists don't even have the numbers to prove it?

President Trump, why are scientists finding their research suddenly being censored by the government?
A man with a child walks in front of the Gankar Punsun glacier at Dochula in Bhutan.

Himalayan glaciers are granted 'rights of human beings' for protection

​An Indian court has recognized Himalayan glaciers, lakes and forests as "legal persons" in an effort to curb environmental destruction, weeks after it granted similar status to the country's two most sacred rivers.

Himalayan glaciers are granted 'rights of human beings' for protection
Wind patterns in the ice pack that covers the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on March 18, 2011.

Sea ice has hit new record lows at both poles

These are the smallest polar ice caps in the Arctic and Antarctic this time of year in the 38-year satellite record.

Sea ice has hit new record lows at both poles
Scott Pruitt

Here’s why new EPA chief Pruitt is ‘absolutely wrong’ about CO2 and climate change

Scott Pruitt says there's no proof that carbon dioxide pollution is causing the Earth to heat up. Well-established science — and a scientist who's a fellow Republican — says that's flat-out wrong.

Here’s why new EPA chief Pruitt is ‘absolutely wrong’ about CO2 and climate change
China says it will invest another $361 dollars in renewable energy over the next four years and create 13 million new jobs in the sector, building on previous massive investments. The country already has the largest capacity of solar p

Donald Trump sees the future in coal. China sees the future in renewables. Who’s making the safer bet?

China says it'll invest an additional $361 billion in renewable energy projects by 2020, and in the process create 13 million new jobs. The move's in sharp contrast to Donald Trump's promise to reinvigorate the coal industry in the US. Mary Kay Magistad of The World's "Whose Century Is It?" podcast says China seems to have a clearer vision of the future.

Donald Trump sees the future in coal. China sees the future in renewables. Who’s making the safer bet?
India solar panels

As Trump takes office, India remains a question mark in international climate action

India was notably absent from the public chorus of support for the Paris agreement after Donald Trump was elected. The silence has worried experts.

As Trump takes office, India remains a question mark in international climate action
Green plants

Plants are ramping up photosynthesis, helping absorb all our carbon dioxide

Nature is amazing. But nature also needs our help.

Plants are ramping up photosynthesis, helping absorb all our carbon dioxide
Glacier National Bjorn Beer

A writer moves to Montana to hike, ski, and to watch the glaciers disappear

Software executive and writer Björn Beer decided to move with his wife and daughter to Montana, near Glacier National Park, in part to bear witness to the glaciers’ disappearance.

A writer moves to Montana to hike, ski, and to watch the glaciers disappear
The Arc de Triomphe is illuminated in green with the words "Paris Agreement is Done" to celebrate the United Nations climate change agreement in Paris, France, on Nov. 4.

The historic Paris climate change agreement just became international law

It's the first-ever deal binding all the world's nations, rich and poor, to a commitment to cap global warming caused mainly by the burning of coal, oil and gas.

The historic Paris climate change agreement just became international law
Oil lease arrests

Gulf of Mexico oil leases spark protests, but little revenue

Citizen activists tried to stop the government’s recent auction of 4,400 oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. They failed, but the auction brought in less revenue than expected.

Gulf of Mexico oil leases spark protests, but little revenue