EU member states finalized their position for November's UN Climate Change Conference on Monday, with ministers to urge a faster transition to clean energy - even as the current 1. 5-degree Celsius ...

The total footprint of buildings along flood-prone riverbanks in the Himalayas grew by half in recent years, a study found. By Raymond Zhong It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some ...

Click the downloadable graphic: Warming Toward 1.5°C According to the latest NOAA data, 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest year since records began in 1850. Global average temperatures in 2025 were 1.3°C ...

Strong and consistent evidence shows that the entire climate system is continuing to heat, driving rapid global warming. Human activities pushed global warming to 1.37°C in 2025, and its level is ...

Countries must urgently scale up their commitments to keep temperature rises within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) to limit the impacts of extreme weather, a statement from a conference ...

Current global climate models (GCMs) support with high confidence the view that rising greenhouse gases and other anthropogenic forcings account for nearly all observed global surface warming—slightly ...

The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (sometimes referred to as COP30) is taking place in Brazil. Amid all the talk with politicians, policy experts and scientists, it’s worth reminding ...

With the climate doom-and-gloom of the upcoming COP31 climate conference just around the corner, Friends of Science Society is pleased to present an in-person or livestream event, Why You Should No ...

In 2024, for the first time, the global average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, making rapid coordinated global climate action even more urgent. Instead of supporting a fast ...

President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted Democratic climate policies after scientists moved away from one of the most extreme global warming scenarios previously used in United Nations-backed ...