Stories by Lauren Morello

A new analysis shows that there is "virtually no explanation other than climate change" for extreme heat events, including last year's scorching weather in Texas and Oklahoma

Physicist Richard Muller has been convinced by his own analysis of the data that global warming is real and humans are causing it

The deep rift valley beneath the ice may help speed glacial meltdown

Long-term priorities for research at the South Pole may lead to short-term cutbacks in scientific efforts at both poles

Many native American tribes have already launched efforts to adapt to global warming

In the case of the 2011 heat wave in Texas, new research finds that adding climate change to La Niña makes scorching heat 20 times more likely

The trend creates ideal conditions for wildfires, as well as drought conditions, the latter of which now cover more than half of the Lower 48

A new core pulled from Siberia reveals a 2.8-million-year history of warming and cooling

Scientists have discovered new blooms of microscopic plant life in the Arctic

Humanity may be pushing the planet toward sudden, irreversible ecological changes

Efforts to reflect away the sun's rays might also make the sky whiter, one of many reasons some distrust such geoengineering schemes

Scientists continue to discover more and more of the powerful greenhouse gas escaping from the thawing Arctic

Researchers may be getting close to being able to independently verify emissions of carbon dioxide

Warm ocean waters are carving away the undersides of Antarctica's ice shelves, which will speed their melting

Areas of open sea freed from sea ice are exuding the potent greenhouse gas, according to new research, which is bad news for climate change

The effects of climate change, such as coral bleaching, become slow-motion disasters, with knock-on effects for years

A complete report on extreme weather from the IPCC suggests a future of more natural disasters

German researchers suggest that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are linked to an increase in extreme weather events

NOAA's ambitious plans for new satellites are consuming more of the agency's budget, prompting questions from lawmakers

Water-use expectations for the growing city were set during the 20th century, which seems to have been unusually wet

Disappearing sea ice can influence the jet stream, a study suggests, resulting in more frequent winter blasts in a warmer world

Budget woes have stopped a project that has helped scientists better understand past events like the Dust Bowl

The combination of polar and nonpolar ice combined to raise sea levels by more than a millimeter in the last decade

Loss of sea ice means fewer harp seal pups are born and survive