What we know about climate change

With all the talk about climate this week, it's a good time to revisit what we do know about climate change.

Rajendra Pachauri says climate change is real and caused by humans

Rajendra Pachauri spoke with EarthSky's and said, since 1990, experts have documented over 25,000 examples of climate change.

Why the media doesn’t talk about population

In past decades, "population control" and "overpopulation" were at the tip of everyone's tongues. So why don't we talk about population anymore?

Andrew Knoll: ‘Mass extinction is accurate description of how world is changing now’

Andrew Knoll has been working with biologists to try to put into perspective what he called today's catastrophic loss of biodiversity.

Marc Imhoff celebrates 10 years of Terra satellite

The Terra mission has been productive in providing data that is extremely useful, even after 10 years of being up there," says Marc Imhoff.

John Wiltshire explores growing Hawaiian island

John Wiltshire uses research vessels to survey the new craters and landslides. He uses underwater robots, to explore the emerging island.

Chris Field on developing world greenhouse gases

Chris Field is optimistic that poor and wealthy countries can cooperate on reducing emissions while still allowing for economic growth.

Online discussion today on population and climate change

How do population dynamics figure into the conversations about climate? Join this online discussion today.

Norman Loeb studies clouds’ effect on Earth’s climate

"I think society needs to realize the importance of accurately measuring the climate system ," says Norman Loeb when talking about the goals of CERES mission.

Scott Barrett on crafting a successful climate agreement in Copenhagen

"The biggest problem we've had in this long history of climate negotiations is a focus on targets and timetables - on aspirations," says Scott Barrett.