California's drought is so bad that the Eastern US is shipping its snow west
As California enters its fourth year of drought, there's still no relief in sight. According to NASA, the state...
U.S. aims for 28 percent cut in emissions by 2025 in promise to UN
The U.S. State Department has formally announced an ambitious plan to cut the nation's greenhouse gas emissions...
Antarctica records what may have been its hottest day ever
While the northeastern U.S. was deluged with snow over the past few months, much of the world was experiencing...
UN committee announces support for fossil fuel divestment movement
The arm of the United Nations that deals with climate change negotiations announced recently announced its support...
Winter Loses its Cool: Climate Central shows us how winter nights will warm by 2100
In spite of last year's polar vortex, and the recent exceptionally heavy snow fall in the North East, winters are—on...
Keystone XL to emit 1.37 billion tons of greenhouse gases, EPA finds
If President Obama was looking for any additional reasons to veto the senate's recent vote in favor of Keystone...
No rain in San Francisco for first January in 165 years
There are a lot of songs about California weather, but songwriters will have to come up with a new tune to mark...
Seattle to embarrass and fine residents who don't compost
In Seattle, there is now a big difference between trash and food. A new city law makes it illegal to toss out your...
Chemical pollutants are breaking polar bears' penises
Of all the creatures on Earth impacted by reckless human activity, polar bears are having a remarkably lousy time...
Rising ocean temperatures burst through NOAA's charts
Last year was not only the hottest year on record, but the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration has just...
Melting glaciers reveal items lost in the Stone Age
Losing mittens and other personal possessions isn't a modern-day woe: it appears that our Stone Age ancestors misplaced...
"Unchecked climate change" causes atomic scientists to push Doomsday Clock closer to midnight
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists just issued their first update to the symbolic Doomsday Clock since 2012,...
UN says climate change is threatening global food diversity and could cause crop extinctions
A policy paper released by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that climate change is posing...
Scientists unearth potential evidence of climate change 2,400 feet beneath Antarctic ice sheet
A research team on the coast of West Antarctica has uncovered evidence that could indicate the effects of climate...
Study shows mass die-offs of birds, fish and marine invertebrates increasing
A newstudy of mass die-offsamongst animal species shows a marked increase in deaths of birds, fish and marine invertebrates....
