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Environmentalists say they’re losing the fight on global warming due to disinformation from well-funded conservatives, ...

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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As global temperatures rise from the burning of fossil fuels, researchers and ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Global warming makes feeding the world harder and more expensive, a United Nations scientific panel said. A warmer world will push food prices higher, trigger “hotspots of ...

Christopher Joyce reports a recent scientific study that shows the Earth is getting brighter, meaning more of the sun's rays are getting through the atmosphere and warming the planet's surface. While ...

Are you sitting down? Because there’s some news that might shock you. A recent study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has found that the richest 10 percent of the world population are ...

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 ...

“What’s Left,” by Malcolm Harris, arrives at a particularly difficult time to consider anything beyond our immediate turmoil. By Adam Tooze Adam Tooze is a professor of history at Columbia University.

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA – With extreme heat blanketing the country, chilly Alaska has become baked Alaska – and that is impacting national security. Temperatures in the Arctic, which encompasses large parts ...

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 ...