In the past 50 years, the oceans have absorbed more than 90% of the excess heat caused by our carbon...
The 2019/20 wildfires in Australia transported more smoke into the atmosphere than observed ever before anywhere in the world. In...
Overall warming of up to 5°C in this century projected for the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
Unprecedented and societally disruptive extreme weather events, including heat waves, droughts, dust storms and torrential rains, will soon become a...
Waterborne illness is one of the leading causes of infectious disease outbreaks in refugee and internally displaced persons (IDP) settlements,...
Risk management has reduced the vulnerability to floods and droughts around the world, but their impact is still increasing worldwide,...
New seafloor images off the West Antarctic Ice Sheet upend understanding of Thwaites Glacier retreat
The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica—about the size of Florida—has been an elephant in the room for scientists trying to...
Earthquakes caused by subducting tectonic plates can be highly destructive events. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake caused immense damage to population...
Much of the world’s efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change hinge on the success of the landmark 2015...
A planet’s interior heat comes from two principal sources: leftover energy amassed from collisions between planetesimals during the accretion of...
Each ton of carbon dioxide that exits a smokestack or tailpipe is doing far more damage than what governments take...
Forests are engaged in a delicate, deadly dance with climate change, sucking carbon dioxide out of the air with billions...
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are phytoplankton colonies that may harm aquatic ecosystem and human health. The fish die-offs, shellfish closures...
