Rising global temperatures affect human activity in many ways.

The American Meteorological Society released its annual State of the Climate report this week, providing a comprehensive overview of global conditions in 2024.

Atmospheric waves from a massive 2022 South Pacific volcanic eruption created seismic waves that penetrated Earth to at least 5 kilometers in Alaska, creating an opportunity to employ an unusual method of peering into the state’s deep subsurface.

Ash dieback and other tree diseases are resulting in significantly more greenhouse gas emissions than previously thought because a large amount of carbon is escaping from woodland soils, a study has found.

The odds of high-severity wildfire were nearly one-and-a-half times higher on industrial private land than on publicly owned forests, a new study found. Forests managed by timber companies were more likely to exhibit the conditions that megafires love—dense stands of regularly spaced trees with continuous vegetation connecting the understory to the canopy.

Heat waves are becoming more common, severe and long-lasting. 

The University of Plymouth is working with partners in Devon to help tackle water pollution through a new monitoring project.

The most powerful earthquake in U.S. history originated along the south coast of Alaska on March 27, 1964.

There are more than 15,000 cattle and hog feeding operations in the United States.

As glaciers melt, huge chunks of ice break free and splash into the sea, generating tsunami-size waves and leaving behind a powerful wake as they drift away.