On a small farm in India's Maharashtra state, Mirabai Khindkar said the only thing her land grew was debt, after crops failed in drought and her husband killed himself.

Less use of gas and coal in electricity supply and industry sectors drove reduction, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero says

Researchers say 50,000 years of healthy life lost annually in Australia to weather-linked cardiovascular disease.

Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flipped

Mechanisms behind a steep rise in temperature

Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis

Earth’s plants and soils reached peak carbon dioxide sequestration in 2008 but proportion absorbed has been declining since, study finds

In oceans and on land, from the north to the south pole, records were smashed for the monthly average temperature

Blog edited by Sam Carana, with news on climate change and warming in the Arctic due to snow and ice loss and methane releases from the seafloor.

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Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius -- the fallback target of the Paris climate accord -- is now "impossible," according to a stark though hotly debated new analysis published by…

Scientists say unusually mild temperatures linked to low-pressure system over Iceland directing strong flow of warm air towards north pole

Nature - Nature examines whether the temperature spike is a blip or an enduring — and concerning — trend.

Almost half of global land area saw extreme drought for at least one month, according to Lancet Countdown

Even temporarily passing the Paris 2015 limit will mean severe storms, heatwaves and floods

Record emissions, temperatures and population mean more scientists are looking into possibility of societal collapse, report says

Local people and businesses left ‘in lurch’ after council says it cannot afford to support or develop Alpe du Grand Serre

Two countries agree to modifications beneath Matterhorn peak, one of Europe’s highest summits

Ocean acidification close to critical threshold, say scientists, posing threat to marine ecosystems and global liveability

Legislation makes it illegal to advertise fossil fuel products and services with a high carbon footprint

Sticky mucilage made of microalgae covers the surface and fishing is impossible as waters reach 30C

Despite warnings that climate change would create widespread desertification, many drylands are getting greener because of increased CO2 in the air — a trend that recent studies indicate will continue. But scientists warn this added vegetation may soak up scarce water supplies.

Severe weather conditions near the Cape of Good Hope have halted box traffic this week, according to an analysis by LSEG Shipping Research.

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Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds

Analysis shows at least $2.8tn in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heatwaves

Effect of El Niño phenomenon combined with human-driven global heating is causing increasing alarm among scientists

Despite a hot 2023 and the recent Hansen et al paper, there is still reason to doubt very high climate sensitivity models

The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary

A mass die-off of trees could happen in the next 50 years unless action is taken, warn experts.