Across the coldest places on Earth, something quiet but powerful is happening beneath your feet and under the ice. As ...

Key climate tipping points may be closer than expected, raising the risk of accelerating warming, sea-level rise, and ...

Global warming could eventually bring about a new ice age on Earth, aided by organic carbon buried in the deep ocean, ...

The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.

Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those from industrial sources, prompting concerns about a climate feedback loop.

Scientists say Earth is shifting from a merely warm planet toward what some describe as a “Hothouse” state, driven not just by smokestacks and tailpipes but by quieter feedbacks and thresholds. I see ...

The cover photo, taken at the Strait of Malacca in Malaysia, captures the Tyndall effect as sunlight filters through the clouds over the tropical Pacific. The interplay of light and shadow ...

Earth’s reflective cloud cover has been shrinking for more than two decades, and a growing body of peer-reviewed research now connects that loss directly to the acceleration of global warming observed ...

A new study reports that climate warming can increase soil carbon accumulation in boreal Sphagnum peatlands by boosting plant ...

Global heating over this millennium could exceed previous estimates due to carbon cycle feedback loops. This is the conclusion of a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) ...