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There's a consensus among leading scientists that global warming is caused by human activity. What–if anything–should we do about it? JEFFREY BALL: Global warming is fundamentally harder than past ...

All of you deniers and flat-earthers who are exploiting the glacial temperatures and bizarre snowfall to mock global warming fears are missing the point: Weather isn’t the same as climate. Shoddy ...

No one can say exactly what it looks like when a planet takes ill, but it probably looks a lot like Earth. Never mind what you’ve heard about global warming as a slow-motion emergency that would take ...

Eurasia, led by Russia and Turkmenistan, is a significant contributor to global methane emissions, with Turkmenistan's emissions often detectable by satellite. The Global Methane Tracker 2025 reveals ...

Global warming was on the docket today at the Supreme Court. The justices heard arguments over whether the federal government can regulate carbon dioxide as an air pollutant. Dahlia Lithwick is legal ...

A growing number of people now recognize radio frequency identification’s potential to help industry and commerce increase profitability by enabling operational efficiencies. Less commonly understood ...

In many regions, the warming climate is making air quality worse. Poorer air quality contributes to or may cause breathing problems and respiratory illnesses. Global warming has been associated with ...