Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that climate change is causing nitrous oxide, a potent ...

As more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere, it becomes harder and harder for heat to seep into space. This causes the global temperature to rise, and could even result in more ...

Basically, greenhouse gases are gases in the earth’s atmosphere that trap heat. Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases are the four major greenhouse emissions. To understand the ...

For the first time, a team of researchers has simulated what would happen if trapped greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere trigger a snowball effect, causing a dramatic rise in the planet’s ...

The greenhouse effect is a natural process that warms the Earth’s surface. When sunlight reaches our planet, some of it is absorbed by the ground and oceans, while the rest is reflected back toward ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As efforts to minimize the effects of greenhouse gases continue across the United States and the world, we continue to see the effects of those gases on Earth. Our planet continues to ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) - Oregon is home to some of the most diverse landscapes in the world. From waves crashing against the rocky coastline to dense forests, towering mountains, active volcanoes, and ...

That carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases trap heat is something scientists have known about for more than a 150 years. The underlying concept behind climate change is simple enough that school ...

In collaboration with France's CNRS laboratories in Paris and Bordeaux, researchers at the University of Geneva have successfully simulated all stages of a runaway greenhouse effect for the first time ...

A study shows that global atmospheric dust -- microscopic airborne particles from desert dust storms -- has a slight overall cooling effect on the planet that has hidden the full amount of warming ...

In 1827, French scientist Jean-Baptiste Fourier noticed the similarity between the effect of glass in a greenhouse retaining heat from sunlight in the greenhouse and the similar effect that the ...