Michael Mann in Iceland, in 2016. (Courtesy of Michael Mann)

A defamation lawsuit filed by a high-profile climate scientist will be allowed to proceed, an appeals court ruled on Thursday...

Saving BUB, Beautiful Unique Biodiversity, as in this African forest kissing lips plant, is another reason to preserve carbon storing forests. Species of this group are becoming endangered due to African deforestation. Photo Source www.wonderslist.com

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Faster than ever sea level rise puts densely populated coastal regions increasingly at risk by 2100, as two studies reveal past and future sea level projections...

Patty Waymire says she shot “No Snow, No Ice” after being struck by how “contemplative” the bear appeared to her. credit: Patty Waymire

“The shot struck me immediately...”

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Look back on a year of weird weather and clean energy breakthroughs around the world...

Temperatures around the North Pole will almost certainly pass the melting point, 32 degrees Fahrenheit, in the days leading up to Christmas, as global warming wreaks havoc on some of the world’s coldest and iciest areas, scientists say...

As Exxon's chief executive, Rex Tillerson has acknowledged the reality of climate change, but has opposed climate action. Credit: Getty Images

As Exxon's chief executive, Trump's secretary of state choice walked a fine line between Exxon's support of denial and accepting mainstream science...

NBC's Seth Meyers has been transforming his show into a home for substantive, and hilarious, critiques of the incoming Trump administration. On Wednesday's Late Night, Meyers devoted nearly 10 minutes to a discussion of the president-elect's views on climate change — and it wasn't pretty...

A beach within Naval Base Ventura County at Point Mugu has eroded 400 feet since the 1940's, placing critical infrastructure closer to the ocean. - Jed Kim/Marketplace

Many environmentalists have expressed concern about the incoming Trump Administration, since several of the President-elect’s picks for cabinet appointments are people who question the human impact on climate. Many fear a government pullback from efforts to combat climate change. The Department of Defense, however, is continuing work to adapt its bases to deal with possible threats associated with a warmer planet...

Arctic sea ice shrunk to its second-lowest level on record on Sept. 10, 2016. Image: national snow and ice data center/ap

Today is an extremely unusual December day at the North Pole, with temperatures getting very close to the melting point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0 degrees Celsius...

With a warming climate, fish may end up migrating northward to cooler waters, a new study has found. The change would deeply impact countries around the world. (Luis Galdamez/Reuters)

But if countries abide by Paris agreement, fisheries could see increase of 6 million tons of fish annually...

Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke (C) is seen in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Dec. 12. (EPA/Albin Lohr-Jones/pool)

Donald Trump’s transition team and growing cabinet have hardly been winning choices for climate activists, so far...

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Climate change has caused a reproductive justice crisis, activists say, as its projected impacts lead some to question how they could have a baby with such an uncertain future...

Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand, one of the glaciers whose retreat is almost certainly linked to global warming.
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Photos showing the jarring, sometimes miles-long, retreat of mountain glaciers have long been emblems of the often stark changes wrought by Earth’s rising temperature...

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The loss of sea ice ‘represents one of the most severe positive feedbacks in the climate system’...

The cruise ship Crystal Serenity, anchored outside Nome, Alaska, in August, before its inaugural voyage through the Northwest Passage. The trip would not have been possible before climate change led to diminished sea ice coverage. Mark Thiessen/Associated Press

A spate of extreme warmth in the Arctic over the past two months has startled scientists, who warn that the high temperatures may lead to record-low ice coverage next summer and even more warming in a region that is already among the hardest hit by climate change...

Joan Gardener, with the Naval Research Laboratory, scans the Arctic ice for a location to conduct research and collect data during Ice Exercise 2016. Image: U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler N. Thompson/AP

It's happening again: The temperature at the North Pole is projected to spike to around the melting point, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit, on Wednesday into Thursday, despite the complete lack of sunshine that far north in December...

Scientists hold signs during a rally in conjunction with the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting. Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

With Trump set to have a ‘chilling effect’ on environmental policy, 20,000 Earth and space scientists met in California to face up to a new responsibility...

Santa doesn't need to dress quite as warmly as he used to for his big day, climate scientists say. Credit: Getty Images

Climate change's impact on winter is uneven, with some parts of the world getting snowier, despite the rise in overall temperatures...