The Himalaya is facing a snow drought where winter snowfall arrives months late and summer heat comes early. Is the snowless ...

For decades, climate science has treated Earth’s shifting crust as a slow, distant backdrop to the drama of global warming.

"Policymakers and the public remain largely unaware of the risks posed by what would effectively be a point-of-no-return transition." The post Earth on Track to Become Uninhabitable, Scientists Say ...

New potential climate crisis just dropped.

Warming is accelerating, threatening a cascade of tipping points that destabilize the climate. In a new paper, scientists say ...

Across the coldest places on Earth, something quiet but powerful is happening beneath your feet and under the ice. As ...

Some tropical land regions may warm more dramatically than previously predicted, as climate change progresses, according to a new CU Boulder study that looks millions of years into Earth's past. Using ...

With only 7.5% of Earth's surface covered in fertile, agricultural soil, it's critically important to maintain the soil to grow food, filter water, and regulate the climate. Today, Bay Area scientists ...

Climate change brings Earth’s tipping points closer to collapse, threatening to unleash devastating, permanent environmental ...

Key climate tipping points may be closer than expected, raising the risk of accelerating warming, sea-level rise, and ...

Scientists first outlined the prospect of a Hothouse Earth in 2018, warning that cascading tipping points could lock the planet into sustained warming well above 4C for thousands of years. The new ...

Climate change is rapidly freshening one of Earth’s saltiest ocean regions in the Southern Indian Ocean, potentially disrupting circulation.