Climate Change

Factors contributing to California's explosive and deadly wildfire season

CBS News contributing meteorologist Jeff Berardelli explains how deadly blazes in the Golden State involve both current weather and longer term climate shifts

3 reports sound alarm on warming oceans

The climate printing press has been working overtime the past two weeks spitting out study after study

Supreme Court declines to stop climate change lawsuit filed by young activists

Case was brought by 21 young people who argue government officials have known for more than 50 years that carbon pollution from fossil fuels was causing climate change

Oceans have absorbed more heat than previously thought, study finds

Heat absorbed by Earth's oceans leads to coral bleaching and contributes to sea level rise

Invasive species may spread with help from climate change

As seasonal cycles shift and ecosystems are thrown off balance, invasive species are expected to surge into new areas

N.Y. sues Exxon, says it lied to investors on climate risks

The state's top prosecutor alleges the oil-and-gas giant misled investors in calculating its financial exposure

"Tornado Alley" may be shifting to the densely-populated Southeast: Study

That could triple the possibility of disasters, and one of the study's authors says climate change could be the reason for the apparent movement

In posthumous message, Stephen Hawking warns "what will cripple the Earth"

Stephen Hawking writes humanity behaving with "reckless indifference to our future on planet Earth," according to report

The hottest climate science in the world's coldest place

NASA's Operation IceBridge measures ice loss in Antarctica, and its effect on rising sea levels

Climate change provided high octane fuel for Hurricane Michael

Sometimes connecting climate change to a specific weather event is difficult. With Hurricane Michael, it's not.

Exxon to spend $1 million lobbying for carbon tax

It's the first time an oil company in the U.S. has put money behind its pro-climate words

Global warming: How you can help the environment right now

A new report from the U.N. predicts that at the current warming rate, millions more people will die from extreme heat by the year 2040

U.N. report about global warming warns of "life-or-death situation"

Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on Earth

Florence the second-rainiest U.S. storm in 70 years, meteorologist says

Only Hurricane Harvey rained more over a 14,000 square-mile area during a four-day time period

Florence crippled electricity and coal -- solar and wind were back the next day

Renewable energy advocates say it is less vulnerable to severe storms than traditional electric utilities

Researchers mapping climate change through tree rings

Scientists are studying tree rings to see changes in climate over hundreds of years

Tree rings aid study of climate change and weather conditions

Scientists are studying tree rings to learn about changes in climate over hundreds of years. BBC News reports on how the width of the rings can give clues to rainfall, temperature and even tsunamis.

How climate change could be impacting hurricanes like Florence

Rising sea levels result in increased storm surges, and that's just one factor, explains meteorologist Jeff Berardelli

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

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

California issues dire warning on impact of climate change

A state report predicts California will see a significant increase in wildfires, hotter temperatures and eroding beaches. KCBS reporter Tina Patel has the story.

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

Warmer oceans increase risk of West Coast hurricanes

Hurricanes are well-known in the Atlantic and in the Caribbean. But scientists in California are concerned that changing climate conditions could soon bring hurricanes to the West Coast. Jamie Yuccas reports.