Sea level rise poses one of the biggest threats to human systems in a globally warming world, potentially causing trillions of dollars' worth of damages to flooded cities around the world.

Global warming does not cause the conflicts that have caused mass movement of people, but it would be wrong to say it does not contribute

Rising sea levels caused by melting ice caps could threaten Nasa launch sites along US coastlines, the US space agency has warned.

Global plans to curb carbon dioxide are well below what's needed to keep temperatures from rising above 2 degrees according to a new analysis.

US President Barack Obama viewed Alaska’s Exit Glacier, in a bid to drive home the impact climate change is already having on America.

"Seismic changes" in temperatures and sea levels could create waves of refugees forced to abandon traditional homes and fight for food and water, US secretary of state John Kerry has said as he sou

Chances that governments will work out a U.N.

In this town of 403 residents 83 miles above the Arctic Circle, beaches are disappearing, ice is melting, temperatures are rising, and the barrier reef Kivalina calls home gets smaller and smaller

In this town of 403 residents 83 miles above the Arctic Circle, beaches are disappearing, ice is melting, temperatures are rising, and the barrier reef Kivalina calls home gets smaller and smaller

PARIS – Diplomats will gather in Bonn from Monday to thrash out the draft of a climate pact to be adopted at a U.N. conference in Paris in December.