Stories by John Upton

The European Union will reform its cap-and-trade system to restrain CO2 pollution

Stronger storms have happened in the past and may be in the future

But can the Paris climate talks still be considered a success?

Efforts to restrain deforestation are working, which means pollution from farming has increased in importance

Aboriginal stories of lost islands match up with underwater finds in Australia

How cities get built may determine how bad global warming becomes

The seas have stored most of the excess heat generated by greenhouse gases since 2000, but they are due to send it back skyward

The Pacific Ocean can belch heat back into the atmosphere depending on the winds, a new record written in coral shows

It's too late to prevent all the effects of global warming so cities and other areas will have to be resilient

The sounds produced by water flowing through glaciers could save lives by predicting natural disasters

Homes along rivers are being bought out under a new program, but those on the seashore are not

Fiercer winds from the Southern Ocean means a faster meltdown of ice

The upper 2,300 feet of the Southern Hemisphere's oceans may have warmed twice as quickly after 1970 than had previously been thought, committing Earth to a warmer climate

Natural variation may explain a little more than a century of warming in this region

Speakers including U.N. Secretary General, Vice President Al Gore, and IPCC head R.K. Pachauri spoke of the economic impact of climate change and the need for political action

Certain avian species seem to crash into large solar power arrays or get burned by the concentrated rays