Climate change is set to cause frequent flooding, rising sea levels, major loss of glaciers and thawing of permafrost, a UN science panel warned in a report issued Wednesday. The consequences ...

Previous versions of the assessment have noted the danger posed by climate change. That includes the risk of more extreme ...

While we cannot directly attribute this to human-amplified climate change, in a warming world, more precipitation will fall ...

Heat waves can gum up hospitals enough to bring deadly consequences even beyond patients directly afflicted, a new study finds. Why it matters: It's the first estimate of extreme heat that ...

A study by scientists at Massachussetts Institute of Technology has considered the potential negative effect of rising global temperatures on solar panel performance. The researchers calculated ...

It’s official: 2019 saw the end of the warmest decade on record. Three global agencies – the UK Met office, Nasa and the US’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – all ...

HopkinsMedicine scientists say drier air caused by global warming could have a big impact on respiratory health in a new ...

Thousands of flammable lakes are popping up all over Alaska and Siberia. That's because rising global temperatures are creating these thermokarst lakes as well as the perfect storm for our ...

Global warming is to blame for Argentine Antarctica recording its hottest day since readings began, Greenpeace said on Friday. Temperatures climbed to 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit ...