The Latest Breaking News on Climate

Southern California faces the continued risk of rock and mudslides on wildfire-scarred hillsides Friday, a day after heavy rains sent debris across several roadways

Consumption in wealthy countries including US and UK is responsible for 13% of global forest loss beyond their borders, study finds

Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, transporting much of the moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes

The forecaster said the gloomy weather is likely to linger until the beginning of next week.

A freeze on federal loans and grants is sending tremors across the rural U.S. as small business owners fear they won’t get reimbursed for purchases they made to replace polluting irrigation equipment or install solar power

Suppressants a ‘major’ source of toxic pollution that causes heavy-metal levels to spike in the environment

Evacuation warnings were issued

A new report says China’s power industry began construction on nearly 100 gigawatts of new coal plant capacity last year, the most in nearly a decade

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is defending oil exploration near the mouth of the Amazon River as a way to finance a transition to green energy

Canada has set an ambitious goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45 to 50 per cent below 2005 levels. This puts pressure on the residential and commercial building sector, which is responsible for about 18 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions, to help meet this target.