Over the last decade, humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) have stabilized after a period of huge growth. Average growth is now down to just 0.6% per year, compared to 2% per year in the ...

The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured by a weather station at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii increased by 3.58 parts per million in 2024 – the biggest jump since records began ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke and haze over New York City is seen from the observation deck of the Empire State Building due to wildfires in Canada on ...

As humans burn fossil fuels and pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we are heating up the planet. But there is another alarming impact of this climate pollution: it may be changing the chemistry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CO2 levels are altering the chemical makeup of human blood over time, and may lead to health problems down the road. | Credit: ...

Orange cup corals, pictured growing on rocks above, are native to the Pacific Ocean. As they grow, the corals incorporate minerals from seawater, leaving a valuable historical record in their ...

In a paper published today in Nature Climate Change, Lead author Professor Richard Betts, of the Met Office Hadley Centre and the University of Exeter, say that 2016 will be the first year with ...

A population study suggests the human body may already be responding to changes in the composition of the atmosphere.

Scientists have identified a hidden feedback loop that may explain how Earth has regulated its climate for tens of millions ...