We're Screwed: 11,000 Years' Worth of Climate Data Prove It
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New research takes the deepest dive ever into historic climate records. More »
"The prospects of keeping climate change below that [two-degree goal] are fading away," says Pieter Tans, leader of NOAA's greenhouse-gas measurement team. More »
Damn the deniers, the doubters, and the do-nothing Congress. The Pentagon is moving full green ahead. More »
Navigation has become treacherous as the worst U.S. drought in half a century brings water levels close to record lows. More »
And what it teaches us about future climate catastrophes. More »
Inside the darkened stairwells of high-rise apartments on Manhattan's Lower East Side, residents battle power outages, and each other. More »
"I think we all can agree we're seeing complete and utter devastation." More »
Lately public opinion has shifted back towards belief in the reality of climate change that is caused by humans. More »
Warming could be a winning issue, but President Obama isn't pushing on it -- and experts finger one of his top aides as the culprit. More »
For years, he's been arguing that talking about the science of warming is a winning political strategy. Now, new polling data are backing him up. More »
Surprising new polling data shows swing voters are going green. More »
A chemical analysis reveals that the iPhone 5 is among the less toxic phones on the market. More »
Photographer James Balog has captured what's at stake in some of the world's most extreme places. More »
Palau tries a novel legal strategy. More »
Curiosity will hunt for signs of Martian climate change, which can help shed light on Earth's own. More »
Weak or non-existent disclosure laws mean that people may not know about the natural-gas wells near their houses and schools. More »
Last week, the University of Texas provost announced he would re-examine a report by a professor who had pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars from energy interests. More »
The ongoing drought, the United States' worst since the Dust Bowl, is expected to last until October and will decimate U.S. harvests. More »
Among Americans who grew up on MTV and grunge, a campaign of disinformation has created deep apathy about our warming planet. More »
A look at the personal devastation wrought by the Colorado fires More »
