(Reuters) - G8 leaders were due to agree a goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels at a summit in Italy on Wednesday. Here are some facts ...

There is a greater than 95 percent chance the global temperature will increase by at least 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to a report released Tuesday by the Rhodium Group. The ...

A streak of record-setting heat that began last summer has now persisted for an entire year across the globe, researchers announced Wednesday, pushing Earth closer to a dangerous threshold that the ...