Climate Change

Rising ocean water temperatures increase risk of Pacific hurricanes

Last week, two hurricanes barreled through the Pacific, and there are new concerns that rising seawater temperatures could bring them closer to California

After denying link, interior secretary says climate change impacts wildfires

Zinke, a Trump appointee, contradicted earlier statements where he has discounted the role of climate change in the fires

Sea critters imperiled by major increase in "marine heat waves"

"This trend will only further accelerate with global warming," said Thomas Frolicher, a climate scientist at the University of Bern in Switzerland

Newspaper clipping from 1912 mentions link between burning coal and a warmer planet

The headline reads: "Coal Consumption Affecting Climate Change"

"A place in crisis": Is Tangier Island America's first climate change casualty?

Since 1850, the island has lost two-thirds of its land mass

Australia's most populous state is now entirely in drought

Struggling farmers were given new authority to shoot kangaroos that compete with livestock for sparse pasture during the most intense dry spell in more than 50 years

Are devastating wildfires a new normal? "It's actually worse than that," climate scientist says

"A new normal makes it sound like we've arrived in a new position and that's where we're going to be"

"Resilience may not be enough": Why a rare sea turtle is losing its males

It's not genetics that determine a sea turtle's sex, it's the temperature of the sand

Death Valley smashes heat record for 2nd year in a row

A whopping 21 days in July saw maximum temperatures of 120 degrees F (48.9 degrees C) or higher in Death Valley

In vicious cycle, warmer dirt makes climate change worse, study says

As the world continues to warm, soil will release yet more carbon that it has been holding, according to scientists

World's biggest king penguin colony shrinks nearly 90 percent

Recent satellite images of Ile aux Cochons shows the population of king penguins has collapsed

Record-breaking heat and fires are worsened by climate change, scientists say

"Weirdness abounds," said Rutgers University climate scientist Jennifer Francis

Massive iceberg breaks off from Greenland glacier

"This is the largest event we've seen in over a decade in Greenland," said an expert in atmospheric and ocean science

Who is Andrew Wheeler, Scott Pruitt's EPA replacement?

Wheeler, a former coal industry lobbyist, was confirmed as the No. 2 official at the EPA in April despite complaints from Democrats

How wineries from Oregon to France are adapting to climate change

Familia Torres, a major wine producer based in Spain, says climate change is a "very serious worldwide problem" for winemakers

Judge rules Big Oil can't be sued for climate change costs

In his decision he says the environmental problem is too big for a "judge or jury in a public nuisance case"

Governor Brown

When it comes to climate change, California Governor Jerry Brown says President Trump doesn't have the fear of the wrath of God

Father and son trek to South Pole, using only renewable energy

Thirty-two years after becoming the first man to walk to both poles, Robert Swan teamed up with his son Barney for another first: trekking to the South Pole using only renewable energy

Corals, blueberry bushes and polar bears: Signs of change are all around

You don't need a thermometer or a rain gauge to notice climate change -- and you don't need to be a scientist to see it

30 years after warning, global warming "is in our living room"

In 1988, NASA's top scientist and other doomsayers were right; James Hansen told Congress and the world that global warming wasn't approaching -- it had already arrived

Antarctic ice melting at alarming rate, study finds

Since 1992, Antarctica has lost 3 trillion tons of ice – enough water to cover Texas to a depth of nearly 13 feet, scientists calculated

8 things you can do to make a difference for our oceans

"Things are bad but we're at a state where we can definitely make a change," said Samantha Mackiewicz, director of World Oceans Day

"In dire need of action": High-tide flooding doubles over last 30 years

Ben Horton, a Rutgers University researcher who was not involved in a new study on high-tide flooding, called it "a warning, a shot across the bow"

"The U.S. sizzled": May smashes U.S. temperature records

May was 5.2 degrees above the 20th century's average for the month, according to the NOAA

India vows to ban all single-use plastics by 2022

"It is the duty of each one of use to ensure that the quest for material prosperity cannot lead to environmental degradation," said India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi