Our new president should understand that timely adaptations (as well as emission cuts) are now essential, a reader writes.

The world is striving to reach net-zero emissions as we try to ward off dangerous global warming. But will getting to ...

It means that an unstoppable downward spiral has begun that will eventually turn into a hell on earth. Most Americans are ...

Global warming during the Last Interglacial period caused so much Arctic ice to melt that Atlantic currents collapsed — and ...

It's this relentless nature of the warming that I think is is worrying,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of Copernicus.

This year won’t just be the hottest on record—it could be the first to surpass the 1.5-degree-Celsius threshold laid out in the Paris climate accord ...

Bolivia’s Quebrada Honda Basin reveals ancient climate clues from 13 million years ago, offering insights for today’s climate challenges.

At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy planet. Results provide the first direct geochemical evidence of the ...

At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a ...

We are living on a planet already hotter and more unstable than at any time in human history. Pretending otherwise will only ...

European climate agency Copernicus reports that 2024 is almost certain to be the hottest year on record. This milestone highlights the urgent need for climate action as countries prepare for COP29.

Geoscientists have uncovered that ancient volcanoes emitted carbon dioxide for millions of years beyond their active periods, ...