The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.

Tropical marine low clouds play a crucial role in regulating Earth's climate. However, whether they mitigate or exacerbate global warming has long remained a mystery. Now, researchers have developed a ...

Chinese air quality improvements are likely to have contributed to accelerated global surface temperature warming, according to a research paper, with the Asian landmass warming at twice the global ...

It's one of the latest technologies for sequestering carbon: crush silicate rocks, add to crop soil, and let the rock dust ...

For anyone trying to make sense of the climate right now, the oceans can look like a contradiction in motion. Global records show seas absorbing extraordinary amounts of heat, yet new research also ...

According to the latest NOAA data, 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest year since records began in 1850. Global average temperatures in 2025 were 1.3°C (2.4°F) above pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels.

Human-caused global warming has been increasing faster and faster since the 1970s. Global average temperature compared with the middle of the 20th century 2010 to present +1.0°C 1970 to The world is ...

Claims that new research shows the oceans are speeding global cooling have raced across social media, tapping into a wider fatigue with climate headlines and a hunger for contrarian takes. The science ...

Laura Wilcox receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the Research Council of Norway, the Clean Air Fund, and Horizon Europe. Bjørn H. Samset receives funding from the ...

Chris Mooney is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a CNN Climate contributor. He is currently a professor of practice in the Environmental Institute at the University of Virginia. Planet-warming ...

Discover how adding crushed silicate rocks to crop soils could improve the global carbon footprint of the farming industry.