These synthetic materials have now become part of both the life and carbon cycles, from the surface to the deepest parts of ...

Fast-rising temperatures can change how plants and animals behave and disrupt the delicate timing of pollination.

Nowhere on earth is global warming proceeding more rapidly than inside the Arctic Circle. Over the past two decades, the ...

Study finds current global policies are creating a high risk of triggering 16 climate tipping points, leading to dire – and potentially irreversible – consequences.

The planet is edging close to irreversible change, according to the most comprehensive probability analysis yet of climate ...

Arctic fjords, once vital carbon sinks, are losing their ability to store carbon as climate change transforms ecosystems like Kongsfjorden.

Maksagak has been instrumental in helping Real Ice to consult with the local community about their research, and she is ...

The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

Tiny ocean wave vibrations from the Gulf of Alaska — too subtle for humans to notice — can travel through land as far north ...

Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and ...