Described as nature’s “self-repairing engine,” short-term species turnover isn’t increasing as scientists expect—and that’s a ...

It may become impossible to fix ...

New research shows climate change may push monarch butterflies farther south and make their long migration harder in the ...

Earth’s green center has been drifting steadily for decades, reflecting a change in where vegetation grows most intensely.

Leipzig University researchers find the Earth's vegetation balance point shifting northeast due to carbon emissions and Asian reforestation.

A peer-reviewed study published in Nature Geoscience has found that during Earth’s most extreme ancient warming periods, ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the climate might evolve under different policies? The Earth system is a vast ...

Sediments from Scotland hint that ocean-atmosphere interactions continued more than 600 million years ago despite widespread ice.

Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their ...

Small but mighty, the red planet — our celestial neighbor — has made Earth’s climate what it is today. Mars’ gravitational pull serves as a stabilizing force for our home’s orbit, tilt and position ...

If you think of Earth’s climate system as a backyard swing that’s been gently swaying for millennia, then human-caused global warming is like a sudden shove strong enough to disrupt the usual arc and ...