The greenhouse effect is the process by which certain gases trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere, similar to how a car heats up in ...

A third greenhouse gas is nitrous oxide. Recall our atmosphere is mainly nitrogen gas. When air is used as the source of oxygen for the combustion of fossil fuels such as gasoline or coal, nitrous ...

Global warming has picked up pace since around 2010, leading to the recent string of record warm years. Why this is happening ...

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

Satellite data suggests cloud darkening is responsible for much of the warming since 2001, and the good news is that it is a ...

Air pollution reduction – particularly in east Asia – is a key reason for the acceleration of global warming, experts say ...

A new UT Austin study shows that declining aerosol pollution is driving a sharp rise in heatwaves, especially in urban areas.

The cleanup of air pollution in East Asia has accelerated global warming, a new study published today (Monday, 14 July) in ...

Air pollution causes cooling by reflecting sunlight or by changing the properties of clouds so they reflect more sunlight.

Scientists warn that while reducing air pollution is vital for human health, it also exposes the Earth to stronger warming.

The speeding up of global warming has been largely driven by cuts to air pollution in China and wider East Asia, scientists ...

Melting glaciers in Greenland are unleashing hidden methane and shifting soils from carbon sinks to warming sources.