Described as nature’s “self-repairing engine,” short-term species turnover isn’t increasing as scientists expect—and that’s a ...

It may become impossible to fix ...

Earth’s green center has been drifting steadily for decades, reflecting a change in where vegetation grows most intensely.

In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." ...

Sediments from Scotland hint that ocean-atmosphere interactions continued more than 600 million years ago despite widespread ice.

Small but mighty, the red planet — our celestial neighbor — has made Earth’s climate what it is today. Mars’ gravitational pull serves as a stabilizing force for our home’s orbit, tilt and position ...

Leipzig University researchers find the Earth's vegetation balance point shifting northeast due to carbon emissions and Asian ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: While the Earth has gone through some dramatic climate changes in its 4.6-billion-year history, natural processes like silicate weathering can help ...

Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their ...

Sharp changes could result in a cascade of subsystem interactions that would steer the planet toward extreme warming and sea ...

A peer-reviewed study published in Nature Geoscience has found that during Earth’s most extreme ancient warming periods, ...