Climate Change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Is Climate Change Weakening the Polar Vortex?

Whales may divide resources to co-exist under pressures from climate change

Climate Change Is Quietly Transforming the World’s Richest Forests

Whales may divide resources to co-exist under pressures from climate change - EurekAlert!

Fossil Shorebirds Tell New Story about Climate Change in Australia

Safeguarding the Winter Olympics-Paralympics against climate change - EurekAlert!

Pinning extreme weather on climate change: Best ideas of the century

Clear effects, complex implications: meta-study reveals mechanisms of animals’ adaptations to cope with climate change - EurekAlert!

‘Climate change is here’: Experts warn environmental crisis is decades ahead of forecasts Drought, heatwaves, hurricanes, and wildfires are arriving sooner than we imagined according to scientists

Damage to the ocean nearly doubles economic cost of climate change, new study finds

Learning about public consensus on climate change does little to boost people’s support for action, study shows - EurekAlert!

UC Irvine public health experts highlight climate change-driven nutrition gaps - EurekAlert!

Trees4Adapt project to address risks from climate change and biodiversity loss through tree-based solutions - EurekAlert!

Most people believe climate change primarily affects others - EurekAlert!

Trump Pulls U.S. Out of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

How to make communities more resilient to climate change - EurekAlert!

Climate change is quietly rewriting the world’s nitrogen cycle, with high stakes for food and the environment - EurekAlert!

Interaction of climate change and human activity and its impact on plant diversity in Qinghai-Tibet plateau - EurekAlert!

Climate change reshapes business and finance: new insights on risks, investments, and digital assets - EurekAlert!

Your Dinner Might Be Fueling Climate Change