Paris — Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached record highs in 2023, the United Nations warned on Monday, saying countries are falling "miles short" of what's needed to curb ...

Study finds increasing levels of dust likely had cooling effect that slowed global warming, which could speed up if dust stops increasing A new study shows that global atmospheric dust — microscopic ...

Earth’s atmosphere contains a mix of gases that sustain life by absorbing some solar radiation, allowing living organisms to breathe, and transporting water. One class of gases, known as greenhouse ...

Greenhouse gases: When we talk about global warming or climate change, the term greenhouse gases comes up a lot. But what exactly are these gases, and why do they matter so much? In simple words, ...

A study shows that global atmospheric dust -- microscopic airborne particles from desert dust storms -- has a slight overall cooling effect on the planet that has hidden the full amount of warming ...

California is poised to fail to meet its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals by the end of the decade unless it can triple its efforts to reduce carbon emissions statewide, according to a ...

The assessment contradicts the Trump administration’s legal arguments for relaxing pollution rules. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington The nation’s leading scientific advisory body issued a ...

Even for the least essential choices we make in our daily lives, such as what we should have for dinner, we consider the pros and cons. Yet, the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t consider the ...

A document that was first issued in 2009 would seem an unlikely candidate for making news in 2025. Yet the past few weeks have seen a steady stream of articles about an analysis first issued by the ...