Fears of climate change are diminishing in the United States, China and many Western countries, although they are still rising in some places, according to a new survey.

2023 was a chart-topper. A surge in global temperatures made it the hottest year since record-keeping began in the mid-1800s, producing heat that one scientist called "gobsmackingly bananas." Then ...

As 2023 came to a close, scientists had hoped that a stretch of record heat that emerged across the planet might finally begin to subside this year. It seemed likely that temporary conditions, ...