Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on.

Continents and oceans have scientific definitions that underpin international law. The idea of dividing the world into ...

The mass abuse went on for years as those who tried to sound the alarm — including Sara Rowbotham, a health worker in the ...

The National Centers for Environmental Information and British Geological Survey have released an updated version of the ...

One reason is that global temperatures were off-the-charts hot in 2023, with an average 1.45 °C of warming above the ...

Smartphones, electric vehicles and wind turbines rely on environmentally destructive rare earth mining operations. Harnessing ...

Scientists have identified the “mystery volcano” that erupted in 1831 and cooled Earth’s climate. They have linked it to an ...

Earth reached its warmest year on record in 2024, according to data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change ...

If the abnormally warm temperature trend continues through December, 2024 could end up being the warmest year in recorded ...

A plan to resume offshore oil drilling in Santa Barbara, California, has reopened old wounds in a city where a 1969 oil spill ...

Researchers identified hundreds of new species in 2024, expanding our knowledge of Earth’s startling biodiversity.

The technique, known as ocean alkalinity enhancement, usually involves dissolving acid-neutralizing rocks in the ocean, ...