Sharks and rays have populated the world's oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overfishing and the loss of their habitat.

Three recent studies reveal how the interplay between El Niño and long-term global warming drove the record-breaking global ...

"Y.M.C.A." is back and badder than ever after President-elect Donald Trump helped to resurrect the 1978 disco icon.

The rise of such oligarchy in the United States was accelerated by the right-wing-controlled U.S. Supreme Court (at least two ...

Researchers have discovered that changes in clouds are slightly mitigating global warming. While greenhouse gases continue to cause temperatures to rise, a reduction in low-cloud cover over land has ...

Hong Kong student Andre Chung Cheuk-hei won a global essay competition organised by the John Locke Institute, beating contestants from all over the world earlier this month. The 14-year-old winner ...

New research from UC scientists links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere's sponge-like ability to drop and ...

We tried to put a positive spin on the science: We still have time to slow and then stop global warming if we act decisively. We have just lived through the two hottest years on record.

As more natural disasters and severe weather events take place, the impacts of global warming and climate change are being called into question. While many still doubt the actuality of climate change, ...

Yet here we are. Global temperatures will fluctuate somewhat, as they always do, which is why scientists often look at warming averaged over longer periods, not just a single year. But even by ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States for ...