Radar data helps scientists estimate weight of the world's biggest iceberg

Scientists say they've figured out how much A23a, the world's biggest iceberg, weighs - and it's a whopper.

• Dec 14, 2023

2023 Arctic Report Card proves "time for action is now," NOAA says

Climate change is heating the Arctic faster than anywhere else on the planet. Communities around the polar region are already suffering, and conditions there are fueling extreme weather events much farther away.

• Dec 13, 2023

COP28 climate summit OK's controversial final pact

The deal doesn't call for a "phase-out" of fossil fuels, which more than 100 nations had pleaded for, but instead calls for "transitioning away" from them.

• Dec 13, 2023

Legislation giving nature the same rights as humans gaining traction

Panama recently approved a nationwide law giving nature rights, allowing people to defend ecosystems in a court of law.

• Dec 9, 2023

More than 70 million face increased threat of sea level rise worldwide

New data finds the impact of climate change on coastal flooding could increase five-fold by the end of the century, leading to major property and infrastructure losses.

• Dec 8, 2023

Climate solutions from the Arctic, the fastest-warming place on Earth

Climate change is an urgent problem in the Arctic. From renewable energy to avalanche protection, here's what we can learn from how people there are protecting their way of life.

• Dec 7, 2023

Wildfire smoke reversing air quality improvements, researchers say

Wildfires in the U.S. have caused a decline in air quality and an increase in deaths in parts of the U.S. – even though air quality had been improving, researchers say.

• Dec 6, 2023

2023 is officially the hottest year ever recorded, scientists say

After record-breaking temperatures in November, the E.U.'s Copernicus Climate Change Service determined 2023 will officially be the hottest year humanity has experienced.

• Dec 5, 2023

Artificial or real? Here's how to pick a sustainable Christmas tree

Is a real Christmas tree or a fake tree better for the planet? An expert weighs in on your greenest option.

• Dec 5, 2023

Ancient methane escaping from melting glaciers could warm the planet more

Spiking temperatures in the Arctic are rapidly melting glaciers. Scientists are now worried about underground methane, a potent greenhouse gas, leaking up to the surface.

• Dec 4, 2023

Cars swept away, Chennai airport flooded as cyclone churns toward India

Videos from Chennai, South India, show cars being carried off and airport workers checking planes in almost knee-deep water as Cyclone Michaung bears down.

• Dec 4, 2023

COP28 president Sultan al-Jaber draws fire over fossil fuel remarks

Dr. Sultan al-Jaber, president of the COP28 climate conference and CEO of a major oil company, says he's "quite surprised" by what he calls "attempts to undermine" his work.

• Dec 4, 2023

Inside the fight against methane gas amid milestone pledges at COP28

Methane is an invisible gas that is rapidly heating up the atmosphere.

• Dec 2, 2023

COP28 climate summit: Who's going, who's not, and will it matter?

The global U.N. climate summit known as COP28 is now underway in Dubai. Here's what to know — and why it matters.

• Dec 1, 2023

Alaska bald eagle preserve threatened by copper mine project, critics say

Up to 4,000 bald eagles migrate to the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve annually, but environmentalists worry a potential copper mine will destroy their food source.

• Nov 30, 2023

Source of 1.1 million gallons of oil spilled into Gulf of Mexico remains mystery

Officials have yet to find the source of the oil spill, which has left chunky globules and long slicks near a 67-mile-long pipeline system off the coast of Louisiana.

• Nov 28, 2023

Used tires could help expand market for electric vehicle batteries

As demand for electric vehicles continues to grow, one startup company in Chile is looking to recycle old tires to help make them more sustainable.

• Nov 28, 2023

UAE sought to use role in climate summit to make oil deals, BBC reports

The host of the upcoming COP28 climate summit, the United Arab Emirates, planned to use its role as an opportunity to try to make oil and gas deals with other countries, BBC News reported​.

• Nov 27, 2023

Lightning strikes kill 24 in India amid unusually heavy rain storms

Unseasonably heavy rain storms slammed India's western state of Gujarat, packing lightning blamed for the deaths of 24 people and 3 buffalo.

• Nov 27, 2023

World's richest 1% emit as much carbon as 5 billion people, report says

A new report found that a "polluter elite" is responsible for producing as much carbon emissions as 5 billion people.

• Nov 21, 2023

These squirrels are latest species to become endangered in Washington state

There are just three western gray squirrel populations left in Washington state as more frequent and intense wildfires continue to decimate their habitats, officials said.

• Nov 20, 2023

Key takeaways from Biden's Fifth National Climate Assessment

Every region in the U.S. is experiencing increasingly harmful effects of climate change, a new report says — but it also outlines a path forward.

• Nov 15, 2023

"Out of control" fires ravage Brazil's wildlife-rich Pantanal wetlands

"The Pantanal is a region that's used to fires," explains one biologist, "but this many fires isn't normal."

• Nov 15, 2023

Kentucky under state of emergency as dozens of wildfires rage

Firefighters are battling more than 30 active fires across Kentucky as officials warn the ongoing drought "has made controlling wildfires more difficult."

• Nov 10, 2023

2023 "virtually certain" to be warmest year recorded, climate agency says

Average temperatures across Earth in 2023 have been dangerously close to the 1.5 degree Celsius warming threshold scientists have long warned would bring significant challenges to people worldwide.

• Nov 8, 2023

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