Efforts to clean up air pollution in China and across East Asia may have inadvertently contributed to a spike in global warming, a new study has found.

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

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

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

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

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

By Ben Aris in Berlin Scientists are warning that global warming is disrupting the natural rhythm of the El Niño-Southern ...

One new study identifies a 17 percent increase in the destructive potential of the strongest nor’easters, while another ...

Stratospheric polar vortex changes still trigger brutal U.S. winter cold snaps and extreme weather despite a warming climate.

Louisiana lawmakers have redefined methane gas as "green energy," meaning that natural gas producers can now apply for grants ...

Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was thought to be the threshold for averting severe ...

A senior Reform UK councillor has been criticised after claiming man-made global warming is a "hoax". Bert Bingham, cabinet ...