AMES, Iowa – Methane and nitrous oxide emissions that result from human activity make the terrestrial biosphere a net contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study published in ...

While Earth’s climate has changed many times in history, there is unequivocal scientific consensus that our world is now heating up at an unprecedented pace, driven by human activities such as the ...

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The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief ...

A global study shows treelines are not just moving upward. Climate, human activity, and fires shape where trees grow.

The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit. EPA has scrubbed references to people’s contribution to rising temperatures from some of ...

The lifetime of nitrous oxide is decreasing more quickly than expected, which is changing climate projections.

As wildfires rage across the Western Cape, CapeNature reveals the alarming impact of climate change and human activity on ...

A Jan. 29 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows heat maps of the U.S. and makes a series of claims about climate and weather. "Global cooling was real from 1944 to 1982," reads text in the ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has altered and removed information from its website that connected climate change to the burning of fossil fuels. The changes come as the Trump administration ...

Throughout the world, climate change and human activity continue to devastate our most vulnerable populations. One species, ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has removed references to human-caused climate change from its website - tweaking some pages to focus on the “natural processes” driving climate change and wiping ...