A strong, stable vortex is like a skater spinning with their arms tucked closely in, holding in an area of cold air over the Arctic. But when there’s a wobble in the rotation, winds in the vortex can ...
La Niña and record cold temperatures in the U.S. should have made Earth cooler, but January 2025 was still the hottest on ...
Until now, 90 per cent of the excess heat created by greenhouse gas emissions has been drawn down into the ocean, but this ...
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
Under certain conditions though, snow and ice can prove lethal to plants and animals. The weight of wet snow can break ...
As pandemic lockdowns forced humans into isolation, Earth's vegetation was thriving. The year 2020 was the greenest in modern ...
By using a fiber-optic cable to detect tiny vibrations a mile below the surface, scientists discovered a surprising way that ...
The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...
Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.
The world broke another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina and ...
Half a degree rise in global warming will triple area of Earth that is 'too hot for humans’ - Unsurvivable heat thresholds would bring the risk of lethal heatstroke – even in the shade ...
The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The ...