The Latest Breaking News on Climate

Learn about the ongoing extreme heatwave in the western US, breaking records and attributed to climate change.

Officials from nine southern European Union countries pledged this week to work together to develop more water-saving technologies in agriculture. Farmers are feeling the strain of worsening droughts, which in turn threaten food security.

United States climate envoy John Podesta said on Friday that plans were moving forward for a summit with China on reducing emissions of methane and other highly polluting non-CO2 gases.

The Southern California city is also experiencing unhealthy air quality

If it seems like you read about more heat-related incidents at Death Valley than ever this summer, that's because you probably did

We have used machine learning to identify the biggest plastic pollution hotspots across more than 50,000 towns, cities and rural areas worldwide. Our new global model reveals the most detailed picture of plastic pollution ever created with the highest environmental concentrations in India, predominantly because so much of its waste…

European climate monitor says extreme weather will become more ‘intense’ if countries don’t slash emissions.

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV24 ) today is down -0.02 (-0.10%), and Oct London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV24 ) is down -1.70 (-0.32%). Sugar prices today gave up an early advance and turned slightly lower on weakness in gasoline prices. Gasoline (RBV24 ) dropped to a 2-3/4 year...

Study’s authors say integrity of higher education ‘at risk’ upon finding lack of attention to role of oil and gas firms

The U.S. is nearing the end of one of its hottest summers on record. Across the nation, heat waves have driven peak electricity demand on some days to levels far exceeding seasonal averages.

On a recent visit to Rangely, a small town in northwest Colorado, my colleagues and I met with the administrators of a highly regarded community college to discuss the town’s economy. Leaving the scenic campus, we saw families driving into the mountains in off-road vehicles, a favorite activity for this…