The start of the year has sometimes come with an extra second added to our clocks. The adjustment is made to coordinate the ...

Scientists are issuing a stark warning about the changing climate after the planet reached a key warming benchmark in 2024.

The Earth’s thermometer climbed past a dangerous tipping point, one that scientists had considered the “defense line,” beyond ...

Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for ...

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes ...

In 2024, the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached the highest annual levels ever recorded on the planet, according to the Copernicus Climate Change ... all life on Earth, but ...

Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth's average temperatures and weather conditions. The world has been warming ...

Global temperatures in 2024 soared to yet another record level, but this time it was such a big jump that Earth temporarily ...

Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on. Fifty years into the project of modeling Earth’s ...

In the superheated 21st century, the old rules for wildfires no longer apply. John Vaillant, author of “Fire Weather,” ...

Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, ...

The water cycle is crucial as it not only enables the availability of water for all living organisms but also regulates ...