A warmer atmosphere has the potential to hold more moisture, which can contribute to heavier precipitation in any season, scientists say.
Earth warmed by about 1.47 degrees Celsius in 2025, pushing the planet closer to what experts say is a dangerous threshold.
Chilly weather moments might spark doubt about climate change, but research consistently shows our planet is heating up. Even with brief cold spells, the overall temperature is on the rise, resulting ...
Earth and Environmental Sciences professor Leigh Stearns said that there is “a lot of evidence” that extreme climatic events ...
A sprawling winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, grounded thousands of flights and disrupted travel ...
One of the standout findings from the Paleogene record is that rainfall patterns shifted dramatically during periods of extreme warmth.
A new global dryland assessment using long-term satellite observations reveals widespread vegetation greening over the past two decades, reversing long-held expectations of accelerating ...
U.S. forests have stored more carbon in the past two decades than at any time in the last century, an increase attributable ...
Incidents that make us consider the relationship between humans and wild animals are happening all over Japan, from bear ...
As human activities have released greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping excess heat and warming the planet, the ocean has absorbed more than 90% of that excess heat since the 1970s. The ocean ...
"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if ...
Climate change is hitting Kenya’s coastal women and their small tourism businesses, but the loss of their way of life cuts as ...