This year is on course to be the hottest year on record after data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed that last month...
Coral reefs across the northern Pacific are experiencing a phenomenon known as bleaching because of climate change, experts have said. In recent months an El Nino...
This year is on track to be the hottest on record, with September registering the highest temperatures ever recorded for the month, according to the US...
The loss of Arctic sea ice has caused around 35,000 walruses to come ashore on a beach in Alaska, with the US forced to reroute flights...
Compared to data collected in the 20th century, rainfall levels in Southern Australia are expected to drop by 40% – creating an Australian forever-drought. The report,...
The US has taken steps to protect the endangered loggerhead sea turtle by making almost half of the beaches used by the species a designated critical...
Researchers have found that over the past 30 years the location where tropical cyclones reach maximum intensity has been shifting towards the poles. The changes have...
For the first time in at least 800,000 years, the average level of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for a...
California is experiencing its worst drought in a century, which is putting at risk the survival of many species and damaging the economy. Experts have warned...
BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has slowed down the heartbeats of tuna fish, which in some cases had led to cardiac arrest...
Last year tied with 2003 as the fourth warmest year globally since records began in 1880, according to figures from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
A recent study has suggested that ice cover in the Arctic could disappear completely within around 40 years, due to rising temperatures in the region. The...
Researchers have uncovered evidence to suggest the Arctic is more exposed to manmade climate change than its southern cousin, the Antarctic. A team from Dalhousie University...
After its preceding year became the ninth warmest on record, 2013 looks set to be even warmer, according to the Met Office’s annual forecast of the...
Disturbing data released recently indicates that November 2012 was the 333rd consecutive month in which global temperatures were above the 20th century average. So will February...