The planet has always changed. Ice ages came and went, oceans rose and fell, climates shifted over geological timescales. That's the story we've told ourselves for comfort, and it's technically true.

Research shows Mars' gravitational pull affects Earth's deep-sea currents and climate, causing warming cycles every 2.4 million years.

The Earth’s climate system is now “out of balance,” according to a new global report — with scientists warning that a key measure of warming has reached its highest level on record. The latest “State ...

Even below the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold, California reservoirs no longer fill in some years and overflow with extreme ...

The impacts were severe: Within a very short time, tropical storm Doksuri intensified into a super typhoon in July 2023.

A new map brings clarity and beauty to Earth's varied and diverse climates.

Ocean temperatures may be quietly protecting the world from a global drought catastrophe. By analyzing more than a century of climate data, researchers discovered that droughts rarely spread across ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to fluctuate during its most extreme ice age—known as Snowball Earth. During the ...

Plant wax preserved in lake sediments reveals what the Earth's climate and rainfall were like 240,000 years ago.

Since the Industrial Revolution—an event made possible by the use of fossil fuels in everything from power plants to transportation—Earth has gotten hotter. 2024 was the hottest year on record and the ...

NOAA and Jennifer A. Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, and Stephen J. Vavrus, Center for Climatic Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Geophysical Research ...