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Earth as seen from a satellite.
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Earth as seen from a satellite

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Giant mucus blobs growing in the Mediterranean because of warmer water.
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Diver and mucus blob

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Worldwide, installations of solar energy doubled from 2007 to 2008. China is leading the way in solar cell production.
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Installing Solar Panels

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Thousands of leaders and activists from across the planet converged at the UN Climate Change Summit in December 2009.
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Climate Change Summit, Copenhagen

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When we use fossil fuels to power our cars, homes, and businesses, we put heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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Tracking Ocean Acidification

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a white power cord unplugged on a brown table
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Flip the Switch

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Which country currently emits the most greenhouse gases? Test your knowledge here.
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Global Warming Quiz

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How do plants respond to rising CO2 levels? To find out, plant physiologist Bert Drake monitors plants used in his CO2 study at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) near the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
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CO2 Marsh Study

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Burning fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas, spews almost 7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually.
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Smokestack from coal plant

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Swimmers brave the waters in the shadow of a coal-fired power plant. Coal plants like this one emit CO2 into our atmosphere which is warming the planet and altering the chemistry of the ocean.
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Coal plant

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These bleached corals in the Gulf of Mexico are the result of increased water temperatures.
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Bleached Corals

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Cabinet ministers from the Maldives sign a declaration to fight climate change – underwater!
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Maldives cabinet meeting underwater

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