Amid all the changes in Earth’s climate, sea ice in the stormy Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was, for a long...
Recent decades have seen a rapid surge in damages and disruptions caused by flooding. In a commentary article published in...
Many recent studies assume that elderly people are at particular risk of dying from extreme heat as the planet warms....
The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is the largest living coral reef system on Earth, about 300...
A new artificial intelligence-based weather model can deliver 15-day forecasts with unrivaled accuracy and speed, a Google lab said, with...
Hailstones are formed during thunderstorms, when raindrops are propelled into very cold parts of a cloud, where they freeze. Once...
Inside every jar of honey is a taste of the local environment, its sticky sweet flavor enhanced by whichever nearby...
2023 set a number of alarming new records. The global mean temperature also rose to nearly 1.5 degrees Celsius above...
Earth’s tropical rain belt, responsible for monsoons that sustain billions of people and vibrant ecosystems, has long been a reliable...
New research builds on scientific understanding of how air pollution and cancer risk are distributed throughout the U.S. Air pollution,...
The first summer on record that melts practically all of the Arctic’s sea ice, an ominous milestone for the planet,...
A new collection of published papers offers the most detailed and comprehensive breakdown yet of how water injected into the...
