Fears that electric cars could actually increase carbon emissions are unfounded in almost all parts of the world, new research shows.

When deciding on a major, one thing was clear for Michelle Kornberg — she didn’t want to be stuck inside for four years.

Heavy rain in March drenches parched land in southwestern Queensland.

Air quality and climate change intertwine in unexpected ways.

Coal combustion is not only the single most important source of CO2, accounting for more than a third of global emissions, but also a major contributor to detrimental effects on public health and biodiversity.

Medical researchers have estimated some of the impacts of this summer’s bushfire smoke and air pollution on Australians’ health.

Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and NIWA scientists are exploring the ongoing effects of climate change, including possible impacts from the Australian bushfires, on New Zealand’s glaciers.

NASA’s new 3-dimensional portrait of methane concentrations shows the world’s second largest contributor to greenhouse warming, the diversity of sources on the ground, and the behavior of the gas as it moves through the atmosphere.

East Antarctica’s Denman Glacier has retreated 5 kilometers, nearly 3 miles, in the past 22 years, and researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are concerned that the shape of the ground surface beneath the ice sheet could make it even more susceptible to climate-driven collapse.

A frightening new threat cascades around the world, upending familiar routines, disrupting the global economy, and endangering lives.