Stories by ClimateWire

From disease to weather patterns, the meltdown of Arctic sea ice—close to record levels again this year—is changing the globe

Climate change is occurring 10 to 100 times faster than in the past and ecosystems will find it hard to adjust

Lost gas proves a slippery figure for scientists, industry and government

Thousands of leaks from natural gas pipelines are exacerbating climate change

Pollution problems from the past rise to the surface, thanks to climate change

Travel by car has been declining for several years now

Rising CO2 levels will also make seawater more acidic

New research shows that as CO₂ levels rise, more carbon escapes from the dirt

Competing standards for the fast-charging of electric cars could put continued growth at risk

Charcoal records reveal that far northern wildfires have doubled in frequency recently

Efforts to phase out nuclear power in Germany have stumbled over the need to build a better electric grid

The U.S. government continues to see more extreme weather year after year

A rapid increase in inter-cloud lightning may prove a harbinger of an imminent twister

The World Bank and other aid agencies struggles with the question of fossil fuels and energy poverty

Coastal wetlands and other natural barriers are disappearing, increasing the risk hurricane damage for coastal cities

A new report from the U.S. Department of Energy suggests that blackouts and other energy disruptions are likely to increase as a result of climate change

Fire thins forests so that new trees can take root, But that balance of destruction and regeneration has shifted in recent decades

Inside a lab on the Stanford University campus, students experience what it might feel like to be a cow

Diverging from other computer models, a new study suggests that efforts to clean the air in Asia may boost the number of tropical cyclones worldwide

A new study suggests not, and points to a paucity of scientific knowledge of life undersea

In the shadow of the Yarnell wildfire, investigators seek answers to the deadly mishap

Monitoring a forest in New Hampshire provides clues to how important trees, such as maples, respond to changed conditions due to global warming

China's demand for coal continues to rise, but the parched country faces challenging finding enough water to cool its coal-fired power plants

A new study links the 2012 heat waves Down Under to the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change