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A new study shows how starting and stopping efforts to reverse climate change could speed up global warming

Oil and gas drilling likely responsible for higher emissions of the potent greenhouse gas

A new study suggests more than twice as much of the potent greenhouse gas is bubbling out of the rapidly warming Arctic Ocean, speeding climate change

Microfactories featuring 3-D printers may be the key to building more sustainable cars and trucks

The market is finally ready for electric vehicles, powered by fuel cells, argue Honda, Hyundai and Toyota

The US and other developed nations pledged funds to reduce deforestation

Gasoline consumption continues to fall despite an economic recovery, thanks to more fuel-efficient engines and less driving

An uneven set of measurements has resulted in a bias towards cold in global average temperature records, helping create a seeming hiatus in global warming

Scientists help firefighters battle changing conditions by combining computer fire models and infrared satellite data

Size and wind speed of a storm 18 hours before landfall is the best predictor of surge height

Palm oil is likely to fill the void, causing more rainforests to be razed for farming

Wet areas get wetter, dry areas get drier, storm tracks move toward the poles

From funding the enemy to driving instability via climate change, fossil fuels are a problem for the military

Exactly how much natural aerosols from volcanoes and sea spray cool the climate remains an elusive question

A new core from Antarctica could conceivably stretch the climate record back 1.5 million years

The gap between what has been emitted and what can be emitted to give global warming a chance of remaining under 2 degrees C widens by another gigaton of CO₂

A new global agreement is supposed to be signed in Paris in 2015 but, in order for that to happen, much work remains to be done

Climate scientists know the answer is no, but have trouble communicating that

The loss and damage from global warming include money but also cultural and social impacts

The causes and impacts of the floods in the fall raise questions about the future

Scientists suggest that the highest possible pollution rates are unlikely

Heat waves are the most dangerous weather for human health but a new technique may allow for as much as two weeks of advance notice

More and more coal, oil and natural gas get burned, leading to growing greenhouse gas pollution

Moss and other indicators suggest the current Arctic meltdown is unique in recent geologic history