With Earth's population hitting a projected eight billion, it's easy to draw the conclusion that climate change is the result of too many people consuming energy. But scientists are pushing back ...

We found Earth's climate would continue to evolve under all simulations, even if net-zero emissions was maintained for 1,000 years. But importantly, the later net-zero is reached, the larger the ...

The report predicts that society will have emitted enough carbon dioxide by early 2028 that crossing an important long-term temperature boundary will be more likely than not. The scientists calculate ...

The winning Earth Photo 2025 went to Lorenzo Poli, for 'Autophagy': which shows a stark black-and-white photograph taken at the Chuquicamata mine in Chile. It is the second-largest open-pit copper ...

Scientists have been able to draw links between a warming planet and hurricanes, heat waves and droughts, but the complexity of tornadoes makes it hard to draw the same climate connection.

Climate change has amped up hurricane wind speeds by ... Drawing from historical sea surface temperature records that stretch back over a century and computer simulations of Earth’s climate, ...

Imagine drawing a straight line through Earth, ... However, the effects of human-made climate change will be so long-lasting that they could prevent the next ice age from ever happening.

Climate change is causing the ice masses in Greenland and Antarctica to melt. Water from the polar regions is flowing into the world's oceans—and especially into the equatorial region. "This ...