Tens of thousands of people evacuated as wildfires rage and burn homes in the interior of British Columbia. ...

House Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) holds up a copy of Time Magazine with a cover article about "near-Earth objects" during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building, March 19, 2013 in Washington D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) At a Glance A team of congressmen made an unannounced trip to the Arctic in May, according to Buzzfeed News.The tour included several climate-change skeptics, including Rep. Lamar Smith from Texas.Smith has worked in the past to cut...

Researchers say as Arctic sea ice melts, polar bear attacks on humans rise. ...

A new study shows climate change may cause a new Dust Bowl in the southern Plains. ...

A line put in House budget paves way for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. ...

Since 1950, more than 9.1 billion tons of plastic have been made, which is more than enough to bury Manhattan underneath two miles of trash, according to a recent study. "At the current rate, we are really heading toward a plastic planet," said study lead author Roland Geyer, an industrial ecologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. "It is something we need to pay attention to." Because plastic doesn't break down like other man-made materials, three-quarters of the material...

The Interior Department rescinds invitation to climate scientist ...

The fabled Northwest Passage is melting, opening it up to a host of possibilities, not all of them good. ...

A scientistaccused the Trump administration of demoting him for speaking out about climate change and saidhe cannot remain quiet about anadministration that "chooses silence over science." Joel Clement was the former director of the Interior Department's Office of Policy Analysis underthe Obama administration and advised on Arctic issues. When hewas recently reassigned to work in an "accounting office" atthe agency's Office of Natural Resources and Revenue, Clement published Wednesday. In his piece, Clement said he believes the reassignment is retaliation...

Current Arctic sea ice area compared to the averages from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Sea ice level in mid-July is already below the annual low of the 1980s. (Zack Labe/JAXA) Arctic sea ice has been melting at a steady clip this summer as it heads toward its annual low point. But a new chart shows that with nearly two months still left in the melt season, sea ice area is already below what would have been a yearly low...

A largely unstudied area of the South Pacific Ocean is home to a newlydiscovered garbage patch that researchers estimate to be 1.5 times the size of Texas, according to a recent study. This new patch found in the ocean's gyre is estimated to be ,reports ResearchGate. Gyres are areas of the ocean that are surrounded by circulating currents. They help circulate ocean waters around the world, but they also suck in pollution. Algalita Marine Research and Education scientist Cpt.Charles Moore...

A wind turbine farm owned by PacifiCorp near Glenrock, Wyoming. (AP Photo/Matt Young, File) At a Glance Wyoming produces more coal than any other state and has long fought renewable energy. Legislators in Wyoming are trying to increase the state's wind tax. A conservative billionaireplanning to build North America'slargest wind farm in Wyoming is facing a gale-force storm of backlash. Despite his political leanings and millions in donations to the right, Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz, who owns the conservative news...

A Redditor created a stunning timelapse of topography changes in a Swiss glacier in the Alps. ...