A peer-reviewed study published in Nature Geoscience has found that during Earth’s most extreme ancient warming periods, ...

Sediments from Scotland hint that ocean-atmosphere interactions continued more than 600 million years ago despite widespread ice.

Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their assessments draw heavily on data from Earth-observing satellites—and the ...

Key climate tipping points may be closer than expected, raising the risk of accelerating warming, sea-level rise, and ...

Scientists say warming is increasing faster than at any time in at least 3 million years. There is no guide for what comes ...

Researchers have identified a "tipping point" about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being ...

New potential climate crisis just dropped.

Even when Earth was locked in its most extreme deep freeze, the planet’s climate may not have been as silent and still as ...

Global climate spending is booming, yet only a small share helps communities adapt to intensifying climate impacts.

Small but mighty, the red planet — our celestial neighbor — has made Earth’s climate what it is today. Mars’ gravitational pull serves as a stabilizing force for our home’s orbit, tilt and position ...

Geoscientists say Earth will be home to one massive supercontinent about 200 million years from now; there are four prominent versions of this mega-continent. The climate might be surprisingly balmy ...