These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

With the world set to blow past its temperature targets, efforts are growing to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

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The algae that grows on patches of ice in Antarctica alters the albedo — or the ice's reflectivity — enough to make the ...

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The process is driven by density differences in Earth’s layers. As Schulte-Pelkum explained ... Kilb explained that because ...

While the Earth Day movement has helped raise awareness about human-amplified climate change and has led to some regulatory actions, 5 1/2 decades later, the planet continues to warm at an alarming ...

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...