The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming which followed, according to new research.

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

The Trump administration shut down a website with national reports on climate change. Scientists decry the move, saying it ...

In the latest political wrangle over energy and climate policy, a group of Republican senators over the weekend added provisions to the US federal budget bill that, as currently written, would end ...

The Trump administration announced a plan on June 17 to open nearly 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and ...

Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.

Weather isn’t climate, and a heat wave isn’t proof of human-induced global warming any more than a snowball disproves it. At ...

The catastrophe in Palestine takes top billing, followed by warnings about AI, tech titans, and autocracy, and critical reflections on internet culture.

Louisiana is the latest state to redefine natural gas as green energy under a new law the Republican governor signed this ...

In the face of deadly heat, will mankind respond to climate change in time? Listen to this story get unpacked on The Excerpt.

Power plants and industrial facilities that emit planet-warming carbon dioxide are hopeful that Congress will keep tax ...