The sad part is that it will happen because the Paris Climate Agreement with its global ambition to mitigate and slow the pace of climate change has been weakened, and even damaged, by the ...

Severe storms — thunderstorms that produce tornadoes, hail at least one inch in diameter, or damaging winds (58 mph or higher) — are destructive and deadly. They cause an average of 200 deaths ...

A warm wind shift is unfolding in a remote part of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. And despite its geographical isolation, it could signal the start of a planetary change in ocean temperatures and ...

As the planet's oceans are gradually warmed by the effects of climate change, a huge area in the North Atlantic stands out as an unusual zone of relative cooling. A region that stretches roughly from ...

As climate change escalates, intense storms are becoming more common in the tropics and elsewhere, resulting in a variety of forest impacts. Those effects are generating concern among researchers over ...

Dr. Victor is a professor of innovation and public policy at the University of California, San Diego, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. On its face, 2025 looks like a year ...

In a year of both upheaval and hope for our planet, here are a few of the highs and lows of humanity’s effect this year.

Global warming is changing the way storms behave. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Hurricane Erin is whipping up the Atlantic Ocean at speeds over 100 miles per hour. The trajectory of the storm has it ...

Maps show projected sea surface temperature trends over 2015-2099 due to moderate-high greenhouse gas emissions. The upper map includes a model where winds can't change the ocean circulation, and the ...