Teens have a shaky understanding of the causes of climate change and the strong scientific consensus around the fact that human activity is driving up global temperatures, according to a report. A ...

We are told that 2030 is a significant year for global sustainability targets. What could we really achieve comprehensively from now until then, especially with climate change dominating so many ...

Carbon dioxide gets most of the attention when people talk about climate change, and for good reason. Carbon dioxide contributes the largest share of warming, accounting for approximately 66% of the ...

The global South is paying the price for climate change they didn't cause, World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley told The Independent’s Climate 100 event on Tuesday (22 September), marking the launch of the ...

Sea level along the world’s coastlines is often much higher than previously assumed, a new study finds.

Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...

Majorities in all but three countries – Israel, Nigeria and the U.S. – see climate change as a major threat. Around eight-in-ten hold this view in Argentina, Brazil, France, Japan and South Korea.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Climate change is affecting global wind patterns in multiple ways, many of which have direct implications for human health. Worsening sand and dust ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has removed any mention of fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — from its popular online page explaining the causes of climate change ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed several mentions of human activity on a webpage related to the causes of climate change. Last week, the EPA quietly updated a page on its site ...

Greenhouse gases from vehicles, power plants and other sources accumulate in the atmosphere, trapping heatand holding it close to Earth’s surface like a blanket. Too much of it causes global ...