New research shows that climate systems like sea ice and permafrost may shift abruptly, even at 1.5°C (2.7°F) of warming.

The planet has endured massive freshwater losses over the past two decades due to the combined effects of climate change, overconsumption and drought, a new study has found. Arid land areas are ...

Earth plunged into one of the most extreme climate events in its history. In several stages, the planet became a giant ...

Now, a new study that examines the world’s total supply of fresh water — accounting for its rivers and rain, ice and aquifers together — warns that Earth’s most essential resource is quickly ...

Strong ocean tides could be driving the growth of huge fractures in Antarctica’s ice shelves, new research suggests.

A rapidly retreating glacier in the Russian Arctic has revealed an ancient whale graveyard.

Northwestern University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) scientists have developed a new process-based ...

For over two decades, satellites have quietly documented a major crisis unfolding beneath our feet: Earth's continents are ...

For much of the planet’s recent geological history, ice ages came and went every 41,000 years. Then, during a period ...

Researchers have developed a novel method to detect and study how ice forms in mixed-phase clouds, significantly boosting ...

The ice cores could offer clues about a period known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition that has long puzzled scientists ...