According to the February 26, 2019, U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 10.7% of the United States, a decrease from last week’s 13.1%.

Stay overnight on an Antarctic ice shelf, and you may feel the shaking from thousands of tiny quakes as the ice re-forms after melting during the day.

Deadly severe wildfires in California have scientists scrutinizing the underlying factors that could influence future extreme events.

Scientists have long posited that periodic swings in Earth’s climate are driven by cyclic changes in the distribution of sunlight reaching our surface. 

At high enough atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, Earth could reach a tipping point where marine stratus clouds become unstable and disappear, triggering a spike in global warming, according to a new modeling study.

Fish provide a vital source of protein for over half the world’s population, with over 56 million people employed by or subsisting on fisheries.

Temperatures in the Arctic are rising twice as fast as in the rest of the world, causing permafrost soils to thaw. 

To see where the Earth’s climate is headed, we have to see where it’s been — and a new San Francisco State University study could offer a clearer picture. 

As we learn more about climate change, this knowledge can be paralyzing,  especially for young people who are contemplating life pathways.

To stabilize the Earth’s climate for people and ecosystems, it is imperative to ramp up natural climate solutions and, at the same time, accelerate mitigation efforts across the energy and industrial sectors, according to a new policy perspective published today in Science.