Earth's systems are nearing tipping points that could plunge the planet into a "hothouse" regime — but there's still time to ...

“The last few years have seen vital signs breaking their records by extraordinary margins, like surface temperature, ocean ...

Low clouds matter most for albedo and sunlight reflection. They bounce a lot of sunlight back to space. Last year, low cloud ...

2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published Wednesday (Oct. 29) that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital ...

Earth has reached its hottest temperature of the past 125,000 years, and its "vital signs" are being pushed to the brink, ...

The view of Earth from space is famously familiar—bright blue ocean, swirling gyres of white clouds, touches of terrestrial ...

New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could ...

The Southern Ocean can release stored heat during cooling, creating short-term warming. This discovery shows climate recovery ...

Our species likes it cold. Homo sapiens evolved in — and still inhabits — one of Earth’s rare and fragile ice ages, periods distinguished not by an abundance of saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths ...