Satellite monitoring shows Antarctic sea ice lagging far behind normal levels this winter, with the shortfall concentrated ...

These unbearably hot and humid summer months are typically made possible by phenomena known as “heat domes.” ...

In a Penn State lab, a small cylinder of soil sits wired with sensors, slowly cooling as it mimics conditions thousands of miles away. At first, it looks unremarkable, like dirt from an average ...

Since the early 1980s, Earth scientists have understood that erosion and weathering of rock slowly removes CO 2 from the ...

A longtime Rutgers expert explains what decades of data show about the state’s warming climate, changing storms and need for ...

Tropical climate variability, including the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, Indian Ocean Dipole and Atlantic Niño/Niña variability, has long governed global interannual climate fluctuations.

So, to determine if the Pink Planet is truly a planet, scientists need to characterize the isotopes in its atmosphere to ...

Data from the community science initiative show how birds are adapting to a changing climate—and which species are falling ...

The influences on Earth’s climate and weather patterns are wide ranging, from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to volcanism to variations in solar activity. This analysis incorporates 67 years ...

Heat domes happen all over the world, and the one over Europe this week is locking in days of near-record highs across ...

Solar geoengineering is often portrayed as a relatively cheap and easy fix for climate change. But as researchers take a ...

The amount of heat stored in oceans in Asia reached the highest level on record last year, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Ocean heat has risen sharply in the region since the ...