(DAVID MCNEW/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP) The increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere last year was the highest ever recorded, the United Nations said Wednesday, ...

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This is not the kind of record one would hope to be setting at this point. Decades and decades into an era where we understand the problem, and closing in on seven decades since the best measurement ...

GENEVA – Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s ...

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our ...