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.

The Earth has a fascinating atmosphere that contains several unique layers. The Troposphere is the layer that we live in, it ...

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

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

Rising global temperatures are driving the sharp decline in terrestrial water storage. This trend isn’t likely to change, scientists say.

When smoke from Canadian wildfires turned New York City skies apocalyptically orange in June 2023, it delivered catastrophic ...

The surface of Mars is extremely cold, irradiated, and desiccated. But at one time, the planet was much warmer and wetter, ...

My ideal vacation used to be relaxing on a warm, sandy beach. Then I went to Iceland, and I'm now adding more cold-weather ...

Isotope analysis of limestone cave deposits indicates repeated humid periods in the Saharo-Arabian Desert over the past eight ...

Warm air rises, but it also expands because air pressure decreases with height. The latter effect wins out and air becomes ...

Scientists reveal warm ocean temperatures are rising faster than expected and warming oceans driven by climate change and ...