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Four bright spots in climate news in 2025

Climate news hasn’t been great in 2025. Global greenhouse-gas emissions hit record highs (again). This year is set to be either the second or third warmest on record. Climate-fueled disasters like ... Read More

Good climate news to end the year - world is decarbonizing faster than was expected ten years ago

Planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions kept rising in 2025 and country pledges to cut them are nowhere near where they need to be to avoid catastrophic climate change, but there were silver linings ... Read More

From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected

The past water year, October 2024 through September 2025, brought the highest Arctic air temperatures since records began 125 years ago, including the warmest autumn ever measured and a winter and a ... Read More

Are we really living in the most dangerous period of climate change?

The world has witnessed unprecedented climate changes in recent decades, leading many to wonder: Has climate change become faster than ever before? Scientific studies indicate ... Read More

The Fast-Fix for Global Warming That Can't Be Ignored

Despite rapid progress in clean energy and electric vehicles, the world is still warming faster than ever. The good news is that we already have powerful ways to reduce the warming rate – if ... Read More

We’re passing a dangerous global warming threshold — but we’re not doomed

Overshooting this goal means more severe consequences from warming. Rising global average temperatures mean more extreme heat waves, rising sea levels, severe droughts, and floods. There may also be ... Read More

COP30: The latest in climate science, from faster warming to coral collapse

Global temperatures rising faster, sea levels increasing rapidly Coral die-off marks first climate tipping point, Amazon and Atlantic current at risk US climate work hit by Trump plans to cut, but ... Read More

YEAR-ENDER - How climate change has impacted Africa so far this century

Africa is warming faster than the global average, with rising heat, erratic rainfall and extreme weather reshaping livelihoods despite the continent’s minimal role in causing climate change - Anadolu ... Read More

Himalayas warming 50 percent faster than global average: Study

With global warming accelerating, the Himalayas and high altitudes in the mountain range are warming 50 percent faster than the global average since 1950, according to a new study. The study revealed ... Read More

U.N. climate talks start in Brazil with a call for faster action, but without the U.S.

U.N. climate negotiations get underway Monday at a meeting on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon, with leaders pushing for urgency, cooperation and acceleration after more than 30 years fighting to curb ... Read More

Global warming is forcing Earth's systems toward 'doom loop' tipping points. Can we avoid them?

Earth may be on the verge of crossing several climate change tipping points that could have irreversible and devastating consequences. Here's everything you need to know about these "points of no ... Read More

Glaciers are disappearing faster than ever, and scientists now know when the loss will peak

Glaciers around the world are shrinking at a pace scientists say will continue for decades. Public attention often focuses on rising seas and water shortages. Another part of the story has received ... Read More