Stories by ClimateWire

Land use will complicate the speed of climate change as a threat to species

Scientists hunting for the next big thing in biofuels find 49 candidate plants

Hot weather combined with intense downpours – one of the signature signs of a changing climate – has flummoxed duffers and greenskeepers alike on East Coast golf courses. But don't handicap them yet

Researchers suspect a link between global warming and changes in tornado weather in the U.S.

Scientists attribute two-thirds of the meltdown of glaciers to human causes

Dusty air can change the amount of precipitation produced by clouds

When climate changes food security, it may also change the migration patterns of zebras and other wildlife

Poor installation and grid connections are also among a laundry list of problems facing China's effort to go solar

A new study suggests that the controversial pipeline would mean more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere thanks to its impact on oil prices

China's coastal economic boom is burning out its marine food resources

The U.S. lags behind much of the world in investing in Africa's energy development

Scientists are searching for marine life that will survive the coming spate of ocean acidification

More than 60 percent of Africans are without basic energy services and coal, oil and natural gas may be a necessary bridge

Climate change means more wildfires and wildfire smoke helps further heat the atmosphere

Sea level rise could drown ancient history along Scotland's coastline

Declining wildlife populations has exacerbated child slavery in Ghana, Somali piracy and the illegal ivory trade

Stanford researchers claim they have made a breakthrough in creating a lithium anode

A new report shows that failing to combat global warming would dramatically increase the cost of such climate insurance

Poor communities have the fewest resources to cope with climate change

Researchers have traced ancient tipping points that could presage what to expect under the current global warming

An academic feud swirls around how best or even whether to express the scientific consensus around climate change

The Kemper County Energy Facility will capture the CO2 that comes from gasifying coal

Hundreds of thousands of acres of forest are burning in Oregon and Washington, forcing evacuations

A link between heat and the painful stones means increased chances under global warming