In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world ...

The numbers don’t lie — and when it comes to global warming, they paint a picture that demands urgent attention. From record-breaking temperatures to collapsing ice sheets, the scientific data tells a ...

The news has been full of headlines about findings from a United Nations report: the world is set to exceed the 1.5 C global warming target set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The report has raised ...

Up to now, most analyses of global warming have indicated a fairly steady rise in the average global temperature of about 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade since the 1970s. Recently, however, scientists ...

The world has “seriously underestimated” the rate of global warmingand its impact on the economy, as scientists call for an urgent “recovery plan”. A new report from the Institute and Faculty of ...

Global warming has picked up speed in the past decade, according to a new analysis from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). By removing short term natural influences such as El ...

Scientists have long warned that the planet is warming. Now, new research suggests it may be warming faster than previously understood. A study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters ...

It’s been a particularly apocalyptic summer. Relentless, record-shattering heatwaves, untamable wildfires, and deadly floods are just some of the disasters that have made global headlines in the past ...

Limiting warming to 2C above pre-industrial temperatures may not be enough to prevent “extreme global climate outcomes”, according to research published in Nature. The authors simulate climate ...