Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods ...

Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ...

A pull in the right direction ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising mechanism that may explain how Earth cooled dramatically after the age of dinosaurs.

For Shannon “SJ” Joslin, who is nonbinary and gay, nature provides comfort when humans simply can’t — or won’t. The former ...

"Atmospheric greenhouse gases have steadily increased over the last 10 years." ...

Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.

Researchers find that shifts in Earth’s orbit can trigger abrupt climate changes, even in warm periods without ice sheets.

Narrow bands of ocean covering just over one-third of the world's seas are responsible for absorbing nearly three-quarters of ...

New simulations show red planet affects Milankovitch cycles that shape how solar energy is distributed on Earth over millions ...

Earth's radiation budget is a core process of the Earth-atmosphere system, closely linked to global climate and environmental ...

The Earth channels cosmic power in the form of solar energy. The coming winter superstorm shows just what havoc that power ...