N.C. law could increase damage from hurricanes like Florence
State lawmakers banned using recent climate science to plan for the consequences of rising sea levels
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UN says hunger is growing, climate change partly to blame
"This message today should frighten the world," said David Beasley, head of the World Food Program
Climate change is coming for champagne grapes
Winegrowers are racing to pick their grapes earlier while scientists try to create strains that can resist hotter weather
California lawmakers vote to abandon fossil-fuel electricity
The state would be the largest in the nation to commit to emissions-free electricity by 2045
Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change
Texas Gulf Coast project would shield petroleum industry, which is blamed for contributing to global warming and now wants safeguards against the consequences
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
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Mars rover sets new driving record on surface of another world
Extreme heat putting births in jeopardy, U.N. climate chief warns
Neuroscientists grow human brain tissue in mice
New species of wild cat discovered for first time in more than a century
Humpback whale seen grieving dead calf in rare footage
Remains of ancient warhorse given honorific burial discovered in Egypt
Anthropic CEO says "exponential" growth of AI is a "warning sign"
First-ever adult T. rex trackway found in North Dakota
Ig Nobel prizes go to scientists studying cockroach milk, nose-blowing, more
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NASA plans to launch new space telescope
Invasive Joro spiders are "slowly spreading." Here's what to do if you see one.
A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world
A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world
