This summer, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change unveiled a new report forecasting dire consequences if the planet warms above a threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius. Kate ...

I consider myself pretty conversant in metric units. I know that 20 kilograms is 44 pounds (double it and add 10%) and that five kilometers is a little over three miles (I’ve, uh, run a lot of 5Ks).

Two years later, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was established to stabilize the amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere at a level that would “prevent dangerous ...

How much warming do climate scientists really think is in store for our future, if they had to put a number on it? World leaders gathering for the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, this week ...

Consider that 3 degrees Fahrenheit is the difference between a raging fever and a healthy toddler. Between a hockey rink and a swimming pool. Between food going bad or staying at a safe temperature.

The planet could see 2 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade. Earth may have already passed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming and could be soon heading for 2 degrees of warming, researchers ...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5℃ has opened a window to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but carbon ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. LA CORONILLA, Uruguay — The day the yellow clams turned black is seared ...

There's one number heard more than any other from the podiums at the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland: 1.5 degrees Celsius. That's the global climate change goal world leaders agreed ...

We are getting measurably closer to temporarily reaching the lower target of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. "For as long as we continue to emit greenhouse gases, temperatures will continue to ...

It's a hopeful sign. Pfizer announced that its Covid-19 vaccine could be 90 percent effective. That could really help us get past this darned pandemic. But there's a catch. The vaccine is based on ...

Several cities in Rajasthan recorded minimum temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius as weather across the state remained cold and dry over the last 24 hours, the meteorological centre here said on ...