Global Warming News

On Monday a massive and devastating tornado struck Moore, Okla., bringing death and destruction to the community south of Oklahoma City.

A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and landowners who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, which intensified Hurricane Katrina, which, in turn, damaged their property.

The greenhouse gases have reached 400ppm in the atmosphere but emissions keep growing and the political situation needed to curb them is still elusive.

Auto enthusiasts were thrilled last week as green automaker Tesla made it into the black , earning $11 million profit on revenue of $562 million in the first quarter of 2013.

Thanks to humanity's addiction to fossil fuels, carbon dioxide levels are the highest they've been in at least 3 million years.

Energy. The term itself has its roots in a word used by Aristotle, one a modern English speaker might recognize: "enA©rgeia." Roughly translated from ancient Greek it means "at work." And although our modern understanding of energy wasn't realized until a century ago, courtesy of Albert Einstein, "at work" is an appropriate way to think about ... (more)

The residents of Manhattan and New York are already feeling the effects of global warming after experiencing Hurricanes Irene and Superstorm Sandy.

While not everyone can become a full-time climate activist, it is still possible to contribute to the battle against global warming.

Wouldn't it be nice to live in a world where armchair experts gave up fighting over whether climate change is occurring? Scientists have the thankless job of fact-checking books like the ones sent out by the Heartland Institute.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., June 7, 2011 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech on May 23 in Washington, D.C., in which he said, "I envision an Israel that can dedicate even more of its creative and scientific talents to help solve some of the great challenges of the day, foremost of which is finding a clean and affordable substitute ... (more)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sitting next to U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski during the Arctic Council Ministerial Session in Kiruna, Sweden, on Wednesday.

A man tries to cool himself with a bottle of water during the a heatwave in New York City.

Humanity has a second chance to stop dangerous climate change. Temperature data from the last decade offers an unexpected opportunity to stay below the agreed international target of 2 A C of global warming.

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New research from Oxford University shows the rate of global warming has been lower over the past decade than it was previously.

Coastal erosion exposes columns for lights leading to the runway of Vance Amory International Airport in Nevis.

Climate change is already melting the Arctic, queering weather and threatening food supplies.

The founding director of the Texas office of the Environmental Defense Fund based this statement on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' report on 2011 fatal occupational injuries, which is a broader category than fatal industrial accidents.

An ice-free Arctic, the disappearance of tundra and forests up to the edge of the newly open ocean is how the north will look as the natural world reacts to the new climate caused by carbon dioxide reaching 400 parts per million in the atmosphere, according to analysis of new lake sediments.

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