Melting ice could release thousands of gallons of mercury into the ecosystem and scientists are not sure what would happen if it does.
Scientists melted a tiny bore hole through 300 metres of ice in a slowly yet constantly moving Antarctic ice shelf.
"This amount of stupidity is very dangerous," one person tweeted.
China has announced plans to develop a "Polar Silk Road" to take advantage of new shipping routes created as climate change and rising temperatures cause Arctic ice to melt.
Reefs are crucial to the health of the marine ecosystem which humans rely on, but they are dying around the globe.
Researchers found that the sandwiches with the highest carbon footprint were those containing pork meat, cheese or prawns.
British children more anxious about Trump than global warming and threat of nuclear war, study by Mental Health Foundation reveals.
Rising temperatures have been directly attributed to human-caused emissions and carbon dioxide dumping.
It is unlikely that we will achieve a best case scenario, but it also unlikely that the Earth will become too hot to live in.
Greenhouse gasses can wreak havoc in an atmosphere and Venus is an extreme example.
The world is getting warmer each year and humans are to blame.
Nasa's images shared on Instagram offer a bird's eye view of what is happening in some parts of the country.
Warm ocean waters and rising CO2 levels are likely to disturb the food chain.
Dutch start-up Lightyear has designed a solar-powered car prototype which can be driven for months without charging.
Global warming and changing climate have expanded regions in the ocean that have zero oxygen by four times. In coastal waters it has gone up ten-fold since 1950.
Scientists found that while in the Arctic region the sinking was over 1mm a year, in the south Pacific it was 0.4mm a year.
The growth of bitcoin is fuelling speculation and debate about the environmental impact of the collective energy needed to power virtual currencies in the era of climate change.
The growth of bitcoin is fuelling speculation and debate about the environmental impact of the collective energy needed to power the virtual currency in the era of climate change.
"Lots of people would crumble well before you reach wet-bulb temperatures of 32 C, or anything close," says climate scientist.
The US President called for some "good old global warming" because of a cold snap.
Donald Trump drew anger online on 29 December after he claimed the US east coast, which is going through a severe cold spell, could use some "of that good old global warming".
Ice is melting, animals are starving and humans are sicker. However, solar power is cheaper now and electric cars are getting better. Here's a brief review of climate change in 2017.