The former US vice president met Ivanka Trump ahead of meeting her father to discuss climate change.
Previous reports suggested that Ivanka Trump wanted to make climate change one of her signature issues.
Nuclear plants need to be protected against natural disasters occurring once every 10,000 years.
The 16-year-old is leading a global fight against climate degradation.
Climate change will halve Vietnam's coffee plantations by 2050, but destroying forests for more plantations would make the problem worse.
The overall number of tornadoes hasn't increased, but they're coming in bigger, more dangerous clusters.
The decade saw freakishly bad weather – and if the cold didn't kill you, famine, disease or poverty might.
Eruption in 946CE released more climate forcing gasses than any other volcano in last 2,000 years.
The expedition aims to tackle gender inequality in science and boost female leadership in fighting climate change.
The imagery shows processes that changed the planet including deforestation and glacial movement.
The rate of deforestation in the Amazon is on the rise again. Over the past four years it has risen 35%.
Fast-melting glacier is breaking apart in a manner previously unseen in an Antarctic ice sheet.
A report from the Arctic Council identifies approaching social and ecological tipping points.
Pauline Hanson blasted by conservationists for taking media to Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.
Churup Glacier in Peru is melting due to climate change and a resident is suing RWE.
Warmer oceans and winds plus higher temperatures combine to begin a 'vicious circle' of warming in the Arctic.
The Pine Island Glacier began melting due to extreme El Niño activity, and is now responsible for 5% of global sea-level rise.
Scientists say extreme events are partly due to climate change but had different causes.
Much of La Paz receives water just three days a week, from 6am to 9am, because reservoirs serving the city are nearly dry.
Trump softens campaign rhetoric and says he has "an open mind" on Paris Agreement.
The inscriptions tell the story of how life flourished in the desert 2,000 years ago.
The move comes after similar plans were announced by France, the UK and other European countries.