Researchers found that atmospheric mercury levels have decreased by almost 70% in the last 20 years, mainly because ...

Glaciers worldwide are archives of human pollution, preserving carbon from fossil fuels and wildfires in their ice for ...

Of the 0.61C increase in global average temperatures over 1990-2020, a new study estimates that 65% was due to the emissions ...

Atmospheric CO₂ concentrations are surging, even as emissions level out. Natural carbon sinks are showing signs of faltering ...

Over the last decade, humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) have stabilised after a period of huge growth. Average growth is now down to just ...

In a sweeping new study of more than 13,000 urban areas worldwide, researchers have mapped air pollution levels and carbon dioxide emissions, providing comprehensive global analysis of urban ...

In a sweeping new study of more than 13,000 urban areas worldwide, researchers have mapped air pollution levels and carbon ...

Today's children will endure more climate extremes then any previous generation - including heatwaves, floods, wildfires and ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has spotted carbon-containing minerals that can tell scientists more about what ancient Mars’ ...

The walnut crisis is only a symptom of the greater progression of climate change, however, and walnuts aren't the only crop ...

Atmospheric and marine heatwaves in and around New Zealand have increased climate extremes, with melting glaciers in the South Island, writes Dr Kevin Trenberth ...