Climate Change Is Fueling Extremes, Both Hot and Cold

The possibility of snow in Tampa, Fla. Record heat and fires in Australia. Scientists say climate change is exacerbating ...

Scientists Think We Could Slow Climate Change by Sinking Trees in the Arctic Ocean

Purposefully sinking boreal trees could help lock away carbon for millennia or longer, but the audacious plan comes with ...
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The Arctic has entered a new era of 'extreme weather', scientists warn

Climate change is shifting the weather patterns of Earth in ways that are far-reaching and long-lasting, and a new study ...

Critical moment when El Niño started to erode Russia's Arctic sea ice discovered

Scientists discover a tipping point that took place in 2000, where El Niño’s effect on sea ice loss in Siberia was amplified.

Is Climate Change Weakening the Polar Vortex?

Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all ...

Arctic blast to wallop N. America—is climate change to blame?

An unusually brutal winter storm is set to pummel more than 160 million Americans from Friday, as a stretched "polar vortex" sends a devastating blast of Arctic air, bringing heavy snows and freezing ...

How this brutal winter storm is even possible with climate change – and maybe even more likely

The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm taking shape east of the Rockies might seem to conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet. But all of these things still happen, even ...

This Illinois zoo leads effort to protect polar bears as Trump opens Arctic refuge to oil drilling

Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses ...

Climate change helps puts Greenland at center of power fight, UTA professor says

A warming climate has made Greenland desirable from an economic and military standpoint, resulting in Trump’s push to control ...