COP15: Climate-Change Conference

Yuri Kotchetkov / EPA / Corbis

TIME looks at the agenda for the talks in Copenhagen that begin on Dec. 2, 2009 Read More »

Are Oceans Hitting Their Carbon Cap?

The Earth's oceans' ability to absorb carbon emissions may be dwindling while the world's emissions rates show no sign of slowing More »
Video: Icy Clues to Global Warming

Scientists study the possible consequences of global warming More »
Video: Looking at Ice to See Our Past

The North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling Project is using ice to map our history More »
Video: Training Pilots to Land on Skis

The crew of the 109th Airlift Wing in Greenland fly and land airplanes in the Arctic snow More »
Working Together on Global Warming?

The U.S. and China have lots of potential common ground on climate change More »
Photos: Global Warming Threatens Penguins

How rising temperatures and melting ice have affected the habitats of five species of the swimming birds More »
Photos: Peru's Sacred Glacier Is Melting

Warmer temperatures eat away at an ancient glacier high in the Andes, throwing the native communities into a spiritual crisis More »
World Leaders Put Off a Treaty

As climate change experts expected, world leaders said this weekend they will not reach an agreement in Copenhagen More »
Saving Forests May Still Work

Climate negotiators hope that a proposed agreement to reduce deforestation will be a bright spot at the summit More »
What If the Water Wins?

Holland, master of resisting the sea, may shift strategies in a warmer, wetter world More »
Should Obama Attend?

The prospects of an agreement may depend on the President's presence More »
Floods and Droughts

Extreme weather events have become the norm in Africa thanks to global warming More »