climate change

Climate change is the long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a place, primarily caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels which increase greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It is a major global sector of focus due to its wide-ranging impacts on industries, ecosystems, and human societies.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news now due to its direct and measurable effects on diverse sectors, from fashion and wildlife to agriculture and legal battles against the oil industry.

Latest on climate change

• Who needs winter coats when it's still hot? Climate change is upending the fashion industry
• Real men don’t do climate change
• Climate change strips island’s title of largest penguin colony, study shows
• Climate change and farming gave rise to ‘genetically distinct’ Beijing swan goose: study
• Oil Industry’s Bid to Kill Climate Change Lawsuits Faces SCOTUS Skepticism
• Indonesia coffee trade wilts under brunt of climate change
• In response to the assessment by the Copernicus Climate Change Service
• as climate change continues to ravage the Earth.
• climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide
• strengthening prospects for disasters such as this week's Himalayan flood
• climate change will be an increasing challenge for military planners focused on potential flashpoints such as the Taiwan Strait
• climate change intensifies regional weather patterns

Connections

14 entities linked to climate change across the news graph.