Tipping points are thresholds within key Earth systems beyond which lasting changes to the environment occur. Breaching a tipping point kicks off a feedback loop that sends systems into a different ...

The extent of human-made climate change may make it tricky for us to notice its reversal at first, explain our readers ...

Early Eocene forest, Wyoming, U.S. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi, Smithsonian Institution Pollinators play a vital role in fertilising flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our ...

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 ...

March 6 (UPI) --Researchers have detected a "statistically significant" increase in the pace of global warming on Earth for the first time, based on an analysis of data collected over the last decade.

Planetary warming has significantly accelerated over the past 10 years, with temperatures rising at a higher rate since 2015 than in any previous decade on record, a new study showed. The Earth warmed ...

Continued use of fossil fuels has warmed oceans, melted ice caps and led to some of the hottest years in recorded history. Dangerous and costly severe storms and wildfires have become more frequent as ...

Climate data in a report published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate.gov website found that the sun’s solar activity, including overall brightness and sunspot ...

Real-time tools, visuals, and other resources to quantify the role of climate change in weather events. Alerts We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable ...

Human activity is heating the Earth faster than scientists have ever recorded, according to a new climate study. Researchers say the rate of global warming has increased sharply in the past decade, ...

Pollinators play a vital role in fertilizing flowers, which grow into seeds and fruits and underpin our agriculture. But climate change can cause a mismatch between plants and their pollinators, ...