"Once again, the temperature record has been shattered — 2024 was the hottest year since record keeping began in 1880."

Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has given that work new meaning.

NASA employees received a memo from acting agency administrator Janet Petro, Wednesday, mandating the closure of all diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives and contracts.

The new Trump administration could upend NASA's priorities, reshaping the Artemis moon program, climate science funding and the role of commercial space players.

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

Prolonged drought and powerful Santa Ana winds set up extreme conditions that have fueled the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Those conditions were compounded by climate change. According to NOAA and NASA,

Record-high temperatures, snow-less winters and frequent natural disasters could be due to global warming. Here's how climate change impacts weather.

2024 was the first year to pass a milestone set by world leaders to try to keep the worst impacts of climate change at bay, scientists say.

Scientists are issuing a stark warning about the changing climate after the planet reached a key warming benchmark in 2024. Newly released data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change

In a recently published paper to PNAS, scientists described how the global freshwater cycle has been altered due to climate change and human activities. This paper and its findings will help scientists and decision makers develop strategies for sustainable water resource usage and address other climate change based challenges.

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Every major climate monitoring service in the world agrees. Last year was the warmest on record. The average global temperature was between 1.55 and 1.6 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. And there is worse to come.