If the ice sheets across the globe melted completely, the coastal and delta regions would witness casualties most quickly.

Greenland ranks eighth globally in rare earth reserves, hosting two of the world's largest known deposits.

THERE IS STILL NO BLUEPRINT for a shovel-ready plan for a long-term solution, but there is a new feasibility study for flood ...

A warmer atmosphere has the potential to hold more moisture, which can contribute to heavier precipitation in any season, scientists say.

The United States is the only country to pull out of the global agreement among nations to fight climate change. European ...

A science-oriented advocacy group moved its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds to midnight, saying the Earth is closer than ever to destruction.

This is the view described by Durham glaciologist Tom Chudley, when writing about his research showing the Greenland ice ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI – For thousands of years, Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, and Lothal, the great cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, were the center of one of the world’s earliest and most advanced urban ...

Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down ...

Candidates participating in the debate include Steve Hilton, Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell, Tony Thurmond, Antonio Villaraigosa, ...

Ancient sediments reveal how rapid warming collapsed Arctic forests in centuries, triggering fires, erosion, and long-lasting ...