The target to keep global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels – as agreed on during climate talks in 2010 – may be unachievable. Even if it is possible, ...

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 ...

According to the National Weather Service, prolonged exposure to extreme cold can quickly lead to frostbite or hypothermia.

The world’s ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise and “catastrophic” migration away from coastlines, even if the world pulls off the miraculous and ...

There’s one thing that many Americans can affirm right now: It’s freaking hot. In case you still had any doubts, Death Valley, California—the hottest, driest, and lowest place in the ...

Temperatures in Pakistan cross 52 degrees Celsius — that’s more than 125°F (CNN) — Temperatures rose above 52 degrees Celsius (125.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, the ...

This rise in temperature is the ominous conclusion reached by two different studies using entirely different methods published in the journal Nature Climate Change on Monday. One study used ...

Anxious for your pasta water to reach a boiling point? You’re probably tired of hearing "a watched pot never boils." That’s why instead we have the hard facts for you on the science behind the ...