To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of ...

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

Around 234 million years ago, Earth experienced the Carnian Pluvial Event, a period marked by intense rainfall that lasted ...

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

Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if ...

In the U.S., Winter Storm Fern set snow records in parts of the country last weekend, quickly followed by one of the longest cold-air outbreaks in decades. A bomb cyclone is expected to hit the ...

A new study shows Antarctic penguins are breeding earlier. This may signal broader ecosystem changes driven by climate change ...

The Bezos Earth Fund is funding a new effort to standardize nuclear reactor builds as electricity demand surges.

Climate disasters have become increasingly commonplace and increasingly destructive. The worst year was 2017 where a ...

A major global review finds that climate change is intensifying more rapidly in mountain regions than in nearby lowland areas. Scientists warn this uneven warming could have serious consequences for ...