The Latest Breaking News from Global Warming

A German court is set to begin hearing a case brought against Volkswagen by a farmer who claims the automaker is partly responsible for the impact that global warming is having on his family business

Scientists have discovered a new type of fossilisation that has remained almost entirely overlooked until now.

In recent years, the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast has seen multiple events of mass coral bleaching as human-caused global warming has driven sustained high temperatures in the ocean.

Australia is counting down to its next federal election on May 21. The environmental crisis is high on voters' minds and smaller parties and independents are gaining momentum by riding a wave of disillusionment over the conservative coalition's lack of climate action. With a hung parliament looking likely, these minor…

For nearly a decade now fashion brands are marching towards conscious and sustainable marketing strategies. But they lack clarity on what to qualify as sustainable, which could mean several things in numerous sectors, including production and packaging to shipment of the online orders. Commercial businesses are risking their credibility by…

As global warming accelerates, the spectre of drought haunts France’s once verdant farmland. Even now, before the start of summer, 15 administrative départements have had to restrict water use while farmers warn that the current situation will have an adverse impact on crop yields.

The world is on track to breach a key global warming threshold, according to a new report.

Six months ago, negotiators at the United Nations’ Glasgow climate summit celebrated a series of new commitments to lower global greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. Analysts concluded that the new promises, including phasing out coal, would bend the global warming trajectory, though still…

There is an even chance that global temperatures will temporarily breach the benchmark of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in one of the next five years, the United Nations warned Tuesday. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change saw countries agree to cap global warming at "well below" 2C…

There is also a 93% chance a new global temperature record will be set in next five years.

Some 252 million years ago the world was going through a tumultuous period of rapid global warming.