At a Glance After three straight years of no increase, global carbon pollution levels have risen about 2 percent this year.Scientists were hopeful that emissions had leveled out, but these findings prove they haven't.The report said China is responsible for most of the rise. Global carbon pollution levels are on the rise in 2017 after three consecutive years of no rise at all, scientists said Monday. According to preliminary figures, worldwide carbon levels are up about 2 percent this year,...

High winds whip up dust left over from a 1912 volcanic eruption in Alaska. ...

An image of Earth captured on Jan. 4, 2015, from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's Earth-observing satellite, Suomi NPP. (NASA) At a Glance Global climate change tops the list of the scientists' concerns.The scientistssuggest 13 strategies to help decrease humankind's negative impact on theplanet. More than 15,000 scientists from around the world have joined together to issuea secondwarning to humanity on the state of the planet, marking the 25th anniversary of a preliminary warning issued in the '90s that called...

At a Glance The chances of flooding similar to Harvey will increase sixfold in the next 25 years, researchers say.By the turn of the century, those odds will triple. Texas faces asixfold risk of hurricane flooding similar to that experienced during Hurricane Harvey in the next 25 years, a new study says, a risk that will again triple by the turn of the century thanks to global warming. Published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and...

Texas faces a sixfold risk of hurricane flooding similar to that experienced during Hurricane Harvey in the next 25 years, a new study says, thanks to global warming. ...

Researchers make eco-friendly and biodegradable flip flops out of algae oil. ...

Hurricane Maria ravaged the island of Puerto Rico almost two months ago and the Governor is now requesting $94 billion in additional aid from Congress. ...

At a Glance Fog Creek Software's employees will receive leave "if they are impacted by the increasingly frequent disruptions of extreme weather and environmental conditions due to climate change."They would receive longer leave if local authorities declare an extended emergency. Climate-driven extreme weather events are expected to become more common in the future, and at least one company is being proactive by offering paid climate leave toits employees. Last week, Manhattan-based Fog Creek Software announced it wouldofferto employees "if they...

Scientists have a prediction about Earth’s future, and it’s not pretty! ...

At a Glance NASA scientists have provided a close look at the giant iceberg that broke off of the Larsen C ice shelf.The images were captured during a flyover mission.The iceberg has a surface area of more than 2,200 square miles. Now that Antarctica is nearing its summer, researchers have finally gotten close enough to capture spectacular photos of the massive iceberg that broke off of the Larsen C ice shelf. The giant ice slab, named iceberg A-68, is with...

At a Glance One of the main causes of smog in India is farmers burning crop stubble in preparation for the new planting season.Political squabbling over who would pay for alternatives made the situation worse, officials say. Officials in India say they knew how to keep smog levels from reaching 12 times the recommended limit in northern states, including capital New Delhi, but political squabbling kept it from happening this year. The that plagues New Delhi and other areas in...

Florida's Everglades National Park is among the UNESCO natural heritage sites listed as imperiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. (Javier Galeano/AFP/Getty Images) At a Glance The number of imperiled natural heritage sites hasrisen from 35 to 62 since 2014.The report warns that the list is likely to grow unless measures are taken to reduce greenhouse gases. The number of natural heritage sites imperiled by climate change has nearly doubled in three years, according to a new report...

Global temperatures are on pace to make 2017 the second warmest year in 137 years of record keeping, according new analyses by NASA and the Japanese Meteorological Agency. ...