We've all heard about plastic pollution clogging our oceans and littering our landscapes. But here's something that might ...

Advancements in technology are allowing researchers to determine the extent to which climate change contributed to some extreme weather events.

GENEVA (AP) — Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s ...

The floods and landslides that have killed more than 1,350 people in recent weeks are a grim reminder of the risks of a ...

This Climate Matters analysis is based on open-access data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). See Methodology for details. More frequent and intense extreme heat — the ...

Many different forms of data allow us to observe changes to the climate. We have long-running weather stations we can use to track temperature and rainfall changes, as well as newer technologies such ...

The catastrophic floods and landslides have claimed over 1,300 lives in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, with nearly 1,000 ...

Days after flash flooding turned some D.C. and Montgomery County streets into small rivers and walking trails into ponds, leaders are addressing their plans to mitigate the issues. Torrential rain ...