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NOAA will use a converted Air Force bomber to search the upper atmosphere for substances that could help the U.S. reflect sunlight away from Earth

A near-record amount of snow in California could ease some water restrictions after years of climate-change-fueled drought

Fires in North America and Eurasia spewed record-shattering amounts of CO₂ in 2021

Climate change is likely at least partially to blame for an uptick in the size and frequency of algal blooms in parts of the world’s oceans

Russia’s war in Ukraine has caused widespread power cuts, spurring a rise in demand for residential solar power units

A panel of independent experts urged international leaders to set rules for the stratosphere and solar geoengineering

Instead of sucking planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, some scientists are looking to capture it from the oceans

The Biden administration is eyeing a 70 percent cut in the cost of floating offshore wind power by 2035

The U.S. installed more battery storage last year than ever before, with California and Texas leading the way

Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cable lining the seafloor are vulnerable to sea-level rise, storms and other climate impacts, research shows

Home buyers are paying excessive prices after ignoring flood risk and the costs of insurance and repairs, a new study finds

Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier is melting more slowly than previously thought but also may be more susceptible to even small amounts of ice loss

A Department of Energy grant aims to cut the cost of new geothermal systems that generate electricity from heat that is miles underground

India is at an energy crossroads: if it chooses fossil fuels, it could undermine global climate targets

A start-up called Living Carbon is planting millions of “photosynthesis enhanced” poplar seeds across the U.S. with the aim of providing carbon credits

At least 15 million people worldwide live in the flood paths of lakes that form as mountain glaciers melt and that can abruptly burst their banks

Scientists and companies are scrambling to find new ways to squeeze more rain from the skies as climate change intensifies drought

More than three million adults were forced to evacuate their homes in the U.S. in the past year because of hurricanes, floods and other disasters, according to the Census Bureau

President Joe Biden named an expert on paleoclimatology to a White House intelligence panel

The transformative social change needed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius isn’t happening fast enough, experts say in a new report

A growing number of U.S. airports are trying swoop landings rather than staircase descents, a method that saves fuel, cuts emissions and reduces noise

New research from artificial intelligence projects that global warming will hit the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius somewhere between 2033 and 2035

China accounted for nearly half of the world's low-carbon spending in 2022, which could challenge U.S. efforts to bolster domestic clean energy manufacturing

A pair of studies raise concerns that the Amazon rain forest may be approaching a point of no return