CarbonTracker, a project of the U.S. government’s National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s Earth System Research Laboratory, has produced a telling time-lapse video chart of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) concentrations starting in January of 1979 and ending in January of 2011. Measurements were taken in dozens of locations around the world (the red ball measures

A new government-commissioned report has a bleak outlook on the effects of climate change on alpine areas in Australia.

Facilitated by the movement of people and goods over large distances, various organisms are being transported to foreign destinations and are now able to thrive there because of changing climates.

Today is World Food Day. The Food and Agriculture Organization could not have chosen a more apt theme: “Food prices – from crisis to stability.” It is a rallying call for nations to ensure that food is available now and in the future in a world marked by vagaries of the market, political instability and climate change.

The World Resources Institute and the Coca-Cola Company recently announced a partnership that made industry-leading global water risk maps publicly available for the first time. Coca-Cola has donated maps and data that they developed to help them towards the goal of understanding and managing their exposure to water risks in their facilities around the world. [...]

If you know much about climate change, then you know that there are plenty of folks who would rather never address the fact that it exists. Mostly, those who profit by burning fossil fuels, and those who find the solutions to climate change ideologically distasteful. And you likely know that these folks routinely dole out [...]

Climate change indicators such as temperature, precipitation, sea level, and greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, are fundamental to understanding climate change

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy said Canada’s Conservative government – criticized by green activists for not doing enough to fight global warming – should take measures to mitigate the effects of climate change, which most scientists blame on greenhouse gas emissions. The north of Canada, the world’s second largest country, [

A warming climate is imperiling the iconic wildlife and landscapes in the Yellowstone National Park region, two environmental groups said in a study. The report by Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and Greater Yellowstone Coalition released on Tuesday shows temperatures in the past decade in the Yellowstone area have exceeded the rate of warming worldwide compared [...]

What is global warming? What are CO2 emissions and who is responsible for them? Why are some people denying the existence of climate change, and are there real solutions to solve it?

The tragic Yellowstone River oil spill has shed light on the need for tougher standards to protect our communities and environment from pipeline spills. This spill shines a spotlight on the need for our pipeline safety regulators to examine the safety risks of TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, a pipeline that would move 830,000 barrels [...]

In all the spin from fossil fuels and nuclear industries, it is easy to start believing that renewable energy can’t get us out of the climate change hole. Think again – not only is an Energy [R]evolution happening, it’s already underway. 1) Europe DECOMMISSIONED more coal, fuel oil and nuclear capacity than it installed in [...]