The Earth’s average global temperature is 1.2 degrees Celsius hotter (around 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) than in preindustrial times, causing shifts in weather patterns and more frequent and severe ...

Our atmosphere is made up of a mix of gases that sustain life by absorbing some solar radiation to heat the planet, allow livings things to breathe, and by transporting water. Nitrogen (78%) and ...

For the first time, a team of researchers has simulated what would happen if trapped greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere trigger a snowball effect, causing a dramatic rise in the planet’s ...

Supporters of the Homestar legislation say energy-efficient homes would save money and reduce the nation's carbon footprint. Everyone likes saving money, but there's a lot of debate about whether ...

Earth is said to be in a perfect "Goldilocks zone" away from the sun (not too cold, and not too hot), which enables life to thrive on the planet's surface. But Earth's balmy temperatures would not be ...

Climate scientists have finally demonstrated that rising carbon dioxide in the air is trapping more of the sun’s heat. A paper published Wednesday has used a decade of painstaking measurements to ...

Greenhouses gases aren’t the boogeyman they’re sometimes made out to be. In fact, we desperately need some in Earth’s atmosphere to survive. Without any naturally occurring greenhouse gases, Earth ...

Think of a greenhouse. It’s a structure with glass walls that lets light in and traps heat, all for the benefit of the plants inside. As for how it works, that’s elementary! It’s all down to the ...

The greenhouse effect is the process in which the emission of infrared radiation by the atmosphere warms a planet's surface. The name comes from an analogy with the warming of air inside a greenhouse ...