Earth may already be too hot for the survival of polar ice sheets
To come to their analyses, scientists pored over more than 150 research papers and focused on three aspects of sea-level rise.
Is the planet losing one of its best ways to slow climate change?
The land and oceans have historically taken up about half of the greenhouse gases people emit, but warming is hurting the effectiveness of these "carbon...
The agonizing search for 22 people who remain missing after L.A. fires
Timothy George Hanley, 88, needs regular dialysis treatments. Patricia Diann McKenna, 77, has a disfigured leg that makes it difficult for her to move. Theresa...
4 hottest days ever observed raise fears of a planet nearing ‘tipping points’
An unprecedented global hot streak has stunned even researchers who spent their whole careers studying climate change.
In this lake, scientists found a record that could redefine our history of Earth VIEW
Canada’s Crawford Lake may hold evidence that humans have fundamentally changed Earth enough to have started the Anthropocene, a new chapter in geologic time.
How a dying glacier became a tourist attraction VIEW
The trek tp Pastoruri glacier becomes longer every year. With each ton of carbon dioxide emitted,the ice mass dwindles, and reaching its frozen base takes...
Scientists tangle over ‘wood wide web’ connecting forests and fungi
A perspective is skeptical of claims that mature trees send messages and sugars to their offspring via fungal connections.
California is being inundated with rain. Will it ease the drought?
The apparent paradox of dangerous flooding amid historic drought shows how climate change has amplified California's intense climate.