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April 09, 2019

European researchers to drill for ancient Antarctic ice

A group of 14 European scientific institutions plan to retrieve the world's oldest ice as part of research into past climate ...

April 09, 2019

Global warming is shrinking glaciers faster than thought

Earth's glaciers are melting much faster than scientists thought. A new study shows they are losing 369 billion tons of snow ...

March 29, 2019

'I want snow for Christmas:' Students demand climate action

Thousands of students skipped school in Berlin Friday as part of a growing worldwide youth movement demanding faster action ...

March 28, 2019

Billionaire's climate-change fight includes Wyoming research

A British billionaire who's a major contributor to environmental causes, including fighting climate change, will fund ...

March 26, 2019

Big U-turn: Key melting Greenland glacier is growing again

A major Greenland glacier that was one of the fastest shrinking ice and snow masses on Earth is growing again, a new NASA ...

March 16, 2019

The Latest: 16 arrested at NYC student climate protest

The Latest on global climate protests by students (all times local): 4 a.m. Police say 16 people have been arrested for ...

December 28, 2018

Carbon conscious: how one man is shrinking his footprint

Some people count their calories. Dirk Gratzel counts his carbon emissions The software entrepreneur from Germany is among ...

December 21, 2018

Germany closes last of black coal mines that shaped country

Germany is closing its last black coal mines, ending an industry that laid the foundations for the country's industrial ...

December 17, 2018

Talks adopt 'rulebook' to put Paris climate deal into action

Almost 200 nations, including the world's top greenhouse gas producers, China and the United States, have adopted a set of ...

December 16, 2018

Nations at UN climate talks back universal emissions rules

After two weeks of bruising negotiations, officials from almost 200 countries agreed Saturday on universal, transparent rules ...

December 13, 2018

The Latest: Climate delegate: 'What's the point?' of talks

The Latest on the U.N. climate talks in Poland and other climate news (all times local): 8:45 p.m. The head of the Maldives ...

December 12, 2018

Eyes in the sky capture carbon, other climate culprits

A growing fleet of satellites is monitoring man-made greenhouse gas emissions from space, spurred by the need to track down ...

December 11, 2018

The Latest: German minister stresses future for coal workers

The Latest on U.N. climate talks in Poland (all times local): 9:10 p.m. Germany's environment minister says it's crucial to ...

December 10, 2018

The Latest: Catholic pilgrims bear climate change warning

The Latest on climate talks taking place in Poland (all times local): 6:35 p.m. A dozen Roman Catholic pilgrims have arrived ...

December 06, 2018

Splits deepen as UN climate talks near crunch time

Divisions deepened at the U.N. climate talks Thursday, pitting rich nations against poor ones, oil exporters against ...

December 05, 2018

The Latest: Carbon dioxide emissions see steep jump in 2018

The Latest on the two-week U.N. climate meeting in Poland (all times local): 10 p.m. Scientists say after several years of ...

December 05, 2018

Climate reality check: Global carbon pollution up in 2018

After several years of little growth, global emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide experienced their largest jump in ...

December 04, 2018

Climate talks shift to nitty-gritty details of Paris accord

Negotiators at the U.N. climate talks got down to the nitty-gritty task Tuesday of finalizing the rules for the Paris accord, ...

December 03, 2018

The Latest: World Bank ups climate funding to $200 billion

The Latest on the U.N. climate talks taking place in Katowice, Poland (all times local): 2 a.m. The World Bank Group says it ...