Would it take one flip in a deep-sea current to release enough carbon to double atmospheric CO₂? In 2023, Spanish ...

This anomaly, which has cooled even as surrounding waters have warmed, is now better understood thanks to new research led by ...

A major ocean current in the Southern Hemisphere has reversed direction for the first time in recorded history, in what ...

Relatively unknown global weather patterns can drive the hurricane season. What are the ITCZ, Central American Gyre and the ...

The Founding Fathers who gathered in Philadelphia to adopt the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 picked a nice day ...

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

Xi Jinping is waiting for the Dalai Lama to pass away so that Beijing can impose its own puppet as the next spiritual leader ...

At any given time, about two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by clouds. Overall, they make the planet much cooler than ...

Ice cores provide important evidence as archival records of global atmospheric composition that has constantly changed.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) transports warm water north from the Tropics and cold water back to the south, serving as a „radiator“ for Europe’s climate. Until recently, ...

Atmospheric rivers —the massive bands of water vapor that deliver crucial rainfall to regions worldwide—are steadily moving toward Earth's poles, a shift that could dramatically alter ...

The vast majority of Earth’s species died out at the end of the Permian Period, as illustrated here. The largest mass extinction yet has its roots in El Niños that grew increasingly stronger as ...