John Upton

Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement hands a symbolic victory to his political base — nationalists who resent internationalism and global cooperation.

A new deal to reduce the use of powerful climate-changing chemicals will require Senate approval.

A key threshold for the Paris climate pact has been surpassed, meaning it's nearly ready to take effect.

If America wants to keep its promises to the world, it will need to clamp down more on pollution.

The forests of dead trees are prevalent along the mid-Atlantic coast, where sea level rise is rapid.

Great Barrier Reef corals that died had been growing in a pristine part of a well-run marine park.

The East Coast is sinking, which is worsening the impacts of sea level rise. These are the hot spots.

Torrential downpours are becoming more common, and a new analysis warns that trend will continue.

Droughts caused by climate change could change the way tropical rainforests recover after logging.

Just days after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling clouded the future of a new United Nations climate pact, the passing of one of its justices has boosted the pact's chances of succeeding.

Negotiators hope to strike an ambitious deal on Friday to try to keep global warming below 1.5°C.

An emerging body of research shows that greenhouse gases are billowing out of the state’s woodlands.

Big climate news burbled out of the ocean in 2014. Most research findings were hot, but not pretty.

American suburbs light up during the holidays more brightly than inner cities, NASA found.

The Lima Accord set the framework for an unprecedented global pact to slow climate change.

California's rain shortfall isn't unprecedented, but its parched soils are. Researchers blame the heat.

Study finds the upper levels of the planet’s oceans have been warming much faster than previously realized.

Improved climate models suggests melting in Antarctica will be worse this century than we had realized.