A new study led by researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory offers the clearest evidence yet that a centuries-long drought transformed life on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) beginning around the year 1550. 

Warming is accelerating, threatening a cascade of tipping points that destabilize the climate. 

In late September 2024, Tropical Storm Helene swept across the south-eastern United States.

The research shows that for every degree of global or regional warming, winter rainfall increases by a compounding 7%, increasing the risk of flooding.

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with strong heat-trapping capabilities.

As glaciers around the world continue to shrink and disappear, they are drawing more visitors than ever, not only for their beauty but for what they have come to represent in an era of climate change.

A machine learning model identifies environmental and social risk factors that contribute to these cardiac events.

Removing sheep and other livestock entirely from upland grasslands – a strategy often promoted as a way to boost carbon storage and tackle climate change – may actually reduce the most stable forms of soil carbon, according to new research.

As the planet warms, seas will rise around the world — but not in Greenland, where they are projected to fall by several feet, according to a new study.

Earth's ecosystems are endangered by climate change and many are becoming less resilient as they come under increasing pressure.