Something strange is happening to the planet's thermometer - and it is not behaving the way even the best climate models predicted. Global warming is not unfolding evenly across the surface of the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Since the 1800s, the Earth has warmed around 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees F). The strong scientific consensus says this warming is driven by the greenhouse effect from carbon ...

Dear EarthTalk: Do you have any tips for explaining global warming and other complex environmental problems to my kids? -- Peter Buckley, Pittsburgh. Kids today may be more eco-savvy than we were at ...

Permafrost, ground frozen for at least two years underlying the cold Arctic and alpine regions of the Northern Hemisphere, covers about 17% of the global land surface and stores an estimated one-third ...