Greenhouses can be good for growing plants. But when applied to the whole planet, the greenhouse effect is bad news. We call the compounds in the atmosphere that trap Earth’s heat, such as carbon ...

Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that climate change is causing nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance, to break down in the atmosphere ...

Climate scientists have formally challenged a US government report they say incorrectly downplayed clear evidence of ...

WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency has walked back a landmark environmental decision to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. Calling it "the single largest ...

Suggested Citation: "2 Natural and Human-Caused Influences on Earth's Energy Imbalance." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas ...

‘The White House Effect,’ which released last month on Netflix, chronicles how George H.W. Bush distanced himself from environmental efforts after initially promising to make it a hallmark of his ...

The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal obligation to protect and prevent harm to the climate. The court, created ...

Is climate action a lost cause? The United States is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement for the second time, while heat records over land and sea have toppled and extreme weather events have ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As part of a broad effort to bypass Congress and unilaterally cut government spending, Donald Trump’s ...

The scientific community has been studying the question of how human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases are affecting the climate for well over a century. Much is known today, drawing upon decades ...