Earth‘s Climate

Thousands of mourners packed a temple in Vietnam's Buddhist heartland early Sunday to pay tribute to the late Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, credited with bringing mindfulness to the West. The Zen master, whose reach within Buddhism was seen as second only to the Dalai Lama, died…

SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science WriterDec. 14, 2020Updated: Dec. 14, 2020 7:12 p.m.A wing-surfer catches some air on lake Ontario at Cherry Beach on a warm fall day during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. Meteorologists say it'll be close but it's looking like 2020 globally will end up…

The number of fires in the vast north Asian region of Siberia increased fivefold this week, according to the Russian forest fire aerial protection service, as temperatures in the Arctic continued higher than normal in the latest sign of the ongoing climate crisis. The news of the increase comes a…

The number of fires in the vast north Asian region of Siberia increased fivefold this week, according to the Russian forest fire aerial protection service, as temperatures in the Arctic continued higher than normal in the latest sign of the ongoing climate crisis. The news of the increase comes a week…

Red Redemption: The Red Rebels climate action performance group near Lands' End in Cornwall, U.K. A ... report from the British Committee on Climate Change says the government must seize the opportunity to rebuild using low-carbon infrastructure. In Pictures via Getty Images COVID-19 has revealed systemic flaws in the U.K.’s…

Government failing to address climate crisis but action could be boosted by green recovery from economic shock of coronavirus. The government is being urged to take more action on climate change after a report highlighted a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" for a green recovery from the pandemic. The latest report from the…

MOSCOW (AP) — The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are. And that’s got scientists worried about what it means for the rest of the world. The thermometer hit a likely record of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Russian Arctic town…

MOSCOW (AP) — The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are. And that’s got scientists worried about what it means for the rest of the world.The thermometer hit a likely record of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Russian Arctic town of…

Scientists have expressed concerns about the implications for the rest of the world after a heatwave in Russia’s Siberia region. n Saturday, the thermometer hit a likely record of 38C – or 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit – in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk in Russia’s Sakha Republic. The World Meteorological Organisation…

Ocean creatures are finding themselves in hot water as the world warms. To stay cool, they’re relocating to deeper parts of the ocean, and it’s throwing ecosystems all out of whack. A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change calculated how fast different layers of the ocean are heating…