In social media, President Trump is questioning global warming because of a chilly severe winter storm hitting the U.S.

Greenland sits at the center of a striking climate contrast, even as sea levels rise across almost every other part of Earth. As global temperatures climb, glaciers and ice sheets melt faster, and ...

This week saw the hottest global temperature ever recorded, according to data from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction. On Monday, the average global temperature reached 17.01 degrees ...

Climate science, over the past few decades, especially since the turn of the new century, has increasingly identified trouble spots with ecosystems that ...

From the Arctic to the Andes, discover the five places warming faster than anywhere else on the planet – and why ...

Scientists have struggled to explain the rapid acceleration of global warming over the past 15 years, with temperatures now regularly breaking records. It is “among the biggest questions in climate ...

Global surface temperature is the average temperature of the Earth’s surface at a given time. It is a combination of the near ...

Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter. Over about 5,000 years, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere drastically increased and global temperatures shot up by some 6°C. As we ...

Chilly weather moments might spark doubt about climate change, but research consistently shows our planet is heating up. Even with brief cold spells, the overall temperature is on the rise, resulting ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ian writes on fossil energies, climate, and transition to renewables. The recent Department of Energy Report, A Critical Review of ...