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Scientists reviewing the acclaimed but beleaguered international climate change panel recommended on Monday major changes in the way it is run, but stopped short of calling for the ouster of the current leader.
One of the most destructive and swift coral bleaching events ever recorded is under way in the waters off Indonesia, where water temperatures have climbed into the low 90s.
The United States assured international negotiators Monday it remains committed to reducing carbon emissions over the next 10 years, despite the collapse of efforts to legislate a climate bill.
Longer summers are causing marmots -- which are large, ground-dwelling squirrels -- to become heftier, heartier and more plentiful, according to a 33-year study published in the latest issue of Nature.
Advances in conventional agriculture have dramatically slowed the flow of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, in part by allowing farmers to grow more food to meet world demand without plowing up vast tracts of land, a study by three Stanford University researchers has found.