Stories by Climate Central

An unsettling visualization shows the relentless advance of the greenhouse gas  

Carbon dioxide levels often hit lows in September, but now remain above a crucial benchmark  

More than the needed 55 countries have ratified the Paris agreement, but they don't represent the required 55 percent of emissions

Data, turned into music, reveals an odd scenario: death by freezing, in a warming world

Quick read captures 22,000 years of glaciers, heat and humans

The two nations are seen as the world’s worst global-warming polluters 

The proportion of storms that strike land as a Category 4 and 5 in the western Pacific is rising, because of warmer coastal waters

The startling dip below 400 parts per million will likely be short-lived after the blast of fresh, northern air

Temperature is mapped worldwide for every year from 1950 to 2016, showing startling change over time

Carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas–fired power plants will be 10 percent greater than emissions from coal-fired plants in 2016

Uphill and northward, mostly, according to a new animated map of future migrations

Whales, seals and penguins could be hurting as this tiny creature--fundamental to the food web--declines

As the refuges turn 100, analysts warn that climate change could soon make visiting them a vastly different experience

The military abandoned the ice-tunnel complex with tons of chemicals and radioactive materials 

Temperatures, CO2, ocean heat and Arctic sea ice changes all saw sobering firsts

Blazes have reportedly risen 500 percent on public lands since the late 1970s

Droughts and other extremes can cause dangerous economic shocks

The Environmental Protection Agency declares that jet exhaust endangers public health by contributing to climate change

Heat drops after El Niño but remains at record global highs 

The most remote continent on Earth has caught up with its more populated counterparts 

CO2, sent deep belowground, crystalized onto basaltic rock, never to rise again

Getting a handle on the greenhouse gas will help predict the future of global warming

Despite marine reserves, the iconic corals were wiped out by bleaching

Global warming hits the African continent soonest and hardest