Humidity combined with hot temperatures makes the heat more dangerous. If the atmosphere is as warm or warmer than the skin

The Earth is on track to beating 2014 as the hottest year ever recorded.

I fear this news story might turn into a blip that gets tons of attention and is then forgotten after a few days. But it's a topic that deserves sustained attention.

The numbers are in. 2014 was the hottest year on Earth ever recorded (records go back to 1888). December finished it off as the hottest month ever. 6 of the months last year, in fact, hold that record. The last time a 'coldest month ever' was recorded, was 1916. Things are heating up.

Another fantastic post by climate campaigner, Guy Ragen, from the Australian Conservation Foundation. Since it's extremely

Earlier this month, the Japan Meteorological Agency released a report showing that 2014 was the Earth's warmest year ever

With 2014 weighing in as the hottest year on record, the window to mitigate global warming rapidly shrinks. It's time to eliminate the debate that action on climate change will harm economic growth.

But much of the East Coast was wetter than average last month, from the Southern Plains through the Mid-Atlantic states. Stormy

In his inaugural address this week, President Obama committed us to get back to work on the challenge of a sustainable energy future. But will this reignite the debate on climate change or have three widely publicized stories already done that for us?

It wasn’t just the averages that were unusual for the first 11 months of 2012, either: the U.S. Climate Extremes Index, which

The storm was so intense at landfall that it set a record for the lowest air pressure reading observed in the Northeast, at