Stories by ClimateWire

Harassing emails are just part of what scientists studying global warming can expect

More and more activists who deny climate change are asking for e-mail records from climate scientists, prompting calls for a legal defense fund

Internal disarray could be the key to longer-lasting batteries that can unleash more energy

The toxic element may further contaminate the Arctic food chain as snow and ice melt

Michael Freilich, the scientist who directs the Earth Science Division, explains the importance of the Earth-monitoring satellites

Despite international agreement to craft an agreement that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the climate negotiations in Paris would just be another step in a long process

Despite partisan bickering in the federal government, the local utility is busy preparing to protect lawmakers from future sea level rise

The tuxedoed bird is moving in response to changing conditions near the South Pole

Basic training now also involves saving water and energy

It's cold, but not record-breaking cold

Photovoltaics proved so successful in Hawaii that the local utility, HECO, has instituted policies to block further expansion

Impact models attempt to translate changes in natural systems into effects on agriculture, weather and human health

The climate of Mordor would be similar to West Texas, according to researchers

Either the end of the Little Ice Age or the Industrial Revolution has changed the type of nitrogen incorporated into deep-water corals

Test fleets of the alternatively fueled vehicles have run into a host of difficulties, but continue to move forward

Northern polar regions continued a warming trend in 2013, according to NOAA

The geoengineering technique might have some unintended benefits, like more rainfall, but also consequences if ever interrupted

In addition to areas of climate science needing more research, the UN body may face a change in mission

More than 100 times the amount of water extracted from ground aquifers waits near shore but may prove difficult or damaging to extract

The wind and waves from the 50-year storm halted travel and disrupted lives

Thawing permafrost may mean more CO2 in the atmosphere but less sea ice may mean more carbon captured by the Arctic ocean

The greenhouse gases emitted by corn farmers could be cut by more than half, using better farming practices

Bhutan hopes a new hydropower plant will help lift the country out of poverty while reducing pollution in India

Shallow lakes in northern Canada are drying up due to a lack of snow, yet another Arctic impact of climate change