The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January—and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

Scientists have largely attributed this temperature rise to the increase of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, in Earth's atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution.

Just half a degree rise of global warming will triple the size of the area of Earth that is considered to be too hot for ...

Earth is a dynamic planet, constantly undergoing change driven by internal and external forces. Currents of magma within our planet move the plates that form the continental crust in a constant ...