Climate change challenges

The ability of clouds to help cool the Earth appears to have been over-estimated, say researchers.

Almost £250bn worth of housing in capital at risk as flood defence budget cuts threaten homes and insurance policies across UK

Prof James Hansen warns public not to be fooled by 'diversionary tactic' from deniers

Snow cover across the Rockies has been shrinking since 1980. This meltwater accounts for 80 percent of the annual water supply for more than 70 million people in the U.S.

These delicate and stunning creatures are offering Smithsonian scientists a warning sign for the world's waters turning more acidic

Australia has launched a bid to stop the commercial use of a controversial ''geo-engineering'' technique that involves dumping iron into the ocean to counter the effects of man-made climate change.

Foremost reason: civilization built on fossil fuels

By the end of the century, ocean levels could rise by 2 or 3 feet. That's enough to flood the colonists' first settlement at Jamestown, Va.

Evidence is growing that the nation's food supply is being threatened as climate change causes adverse ripple effects for the things we drink and eat, according to NBC News.

Studies show there's another ice reserve to worry about besides the vast Greenland & Antarctic ice sheets.

Exploiting oil and gas trapped in tar sands and shale threatens to make climate change 'unsolvable' said James Hansen, the former NASA scientist who raised concerns about global warming in the 1980s.

A REVIEW of thousands of studies published over 21 years found "overwhelming" and growing consensus among scientists that humans are mostly to blame for global warming, its authors said today.

The iconic Arctic mammals' limited immune system may put them at particular risk if new pathogens spread northwards as the world warms

Climate scientist Ralph Keeling has followed in the footsteps of his father, who pioneered the measurement of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Tensions are running high in an Alaskan village immediately threatened by climate change

A warming climate is melting the glaciers of Mount Everest, shrinking the frozen cloak of Earth’s highest peak by 13% in the last 50 years, researchers have found.

Climate change is a fundamentally unfair phenomenon. For one thing, the countries that have contributed most to atmospheric build-ups of CO2 won’t bear the brunt of the consequences.

Humans aren't the only species facing an uncertain future in South Florida should current sea level rise predictions prove accurate. Migratory and resident

Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it.

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