Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth's average temperatures and weather conditions. The world has been warming ...

This Climate Matters analysis is based on open-access data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). See Methodology for details. As our climate warms, summer is heating up ...

Food accounts for about one-quarter of all human-caused heat-trapping pollution. Meanwhile, extreme events fueled by our warming climate are impacting every stage of the food supply chain and driving ...

People who have lived through floods, heatwaves, or other climate-related disasters are significantly more likely to view climate change as a very serious threat, according to new research from the ...

New research finds that not only will climate change make heat waves hotter and longer, but the lengthening of heat waves will accelerate with each additional fraction of a degree of warming.

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Alice Hill is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. Priyanka Mahat is a ...

The constant deluge of bad news about rising global temperatures and their impacts can make it feel like the world is ending. Is it? Reading time 8 minutes If a 60-mile-wide (100-kilometer-wide) ...

Digitally generated post apocalyptic scene depicting a desolate urban landscape with buildings in ruins and cloudy sky. The scene was rendered with photorealistic shaders and lighting in UE4 (Unreal ...

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