January 21, 2016 Early man's actions caused global warming, study says The world’s first farmers and their slash-and-burn agriculture may have set off global warming.
January 20, 2016 2015 was hottest year ever, with records set around the globe For the second year running, temperatures across the globe were the warmest since records were first kept in 1880.
January 14, 2016 NOAA: Latest El Nino is now tied for strongest ever This El Nino is turning out to be one for the record books.
January 7, 2016 Thanks to December, 2015 was second warmest year on record The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday the annual average temperature across the United States in 2015 were 54.4 degrees, or 2.4 degrees above the 20th century average. Only 2012 was warmer in the U.S. with an average temperature of 55.3 degrees.
December 29, 2015 California's drought is proving deadly to the state's trees California’s drought has drained lakes, caused land to subside and forced the state to enact draconian water rules. Now, a new study find the years of little or no rain is taking a heavy toll on the state’s forests.
December 21, 2015 Obama planning to sidestep Congress for next phase in climate change agenda President Obama will announce Tuesday he is planning to sidestep Congress to implement a national plan to combat climate change that will include the first-ever federal regulations on carbon dioxide emitted by existing power plants, despite adamant opposition from Republicans and some energy producers.
December 20, 2015 New study says threat of man-made global warming greatly exaggerated A peer-reviewed climate change study released Wednesday by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change finds the threat of man-made global warming to be not only greatly exaggerated but so small as to be “embedded within the background variability of the natural climate system” and not dangerous.
December 18, 2015 Study: Rising lake temperatures may worsen algae blooms Some of the world's biggest temperature jumps are happening in lakes - an ominous sign that suggests problems such as harmful algae blooms and low-oxygen zones hazardous to fish will get worse, says a newly released scientific report.
December 17, 2015 2015 on pace to be hottest year after November proves to be scorcher Another month, another temperature record. That was the case in November, which saw the highest temperatures globally since record keeping began in 1880. It also marked a trend that should see 2015 follow 2014 in becoming the hottest on record, given that the first 11 months of the year were also record warm.