The rapid meltdown of polar ice could shut down a key ocean current by 2050, triggering catastrophic surges of sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast and dangerous climate shifts in northwestern ...

Earth is crossing the threshold of 1.5°C of global warming, according to two major global studies which together suggest the planet’s climate has likely entered a frightening new phase.

Earth has likely surpassed the critical 1.5°C global warming threshold, according to two major studies. This alarming development suggests that the planet has entered a new and potentially ...

We Have Less Than a Decade to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C The clock is ticking in the race against global warming, and the message from scientists is clear: urgent action is required. 5°C above ...

Using this ancient evidence, scientists have built a record of Earth’s past climates, or “paleoclimates.” The paleoclimate record combined with global models shows past ice ages as well as periods ...

How can we be certain that human-released greenhouse gases are causing the warming? How much more will the Earth warm? How will Earth respond? Answering these questions is perhaps the most significant ...

has revealed how continued global warming will lead to more parts of the planet becoming too hot for the human body over the coming decades. The paper, published in Nature Reviews Earth ...

Not far from our imagination, as the intensifying global warming on Earth continues, exceeding the 2°C warming threshold above pre-industrial levels could render vast portions of the planet ...

The Met Office has issued a dire warning: global warming is accelerating beyond control, pushing Earth off-track from meeting the 1.5°C (2.7°F) target set in the Paris Agreement. The latest data shows ...