The Southern Ocean can release stored heat during cooling, creating short-term warming. This discovery shows climate recovery ...

The Earth's magnetic field has been getting weaker over the past few centuries. This weakening can be seen in data gathered ...

The ocean is essentially our planet's climate control system, a massive engine that never stops working. For thousands of ...

A new review reveals how tiny shell-building plankton quietly drive carbon cycling and influence global climate change.

Before sunlight ever reached the planet, another force may have sparked life—electricity. Deep beneath the ocean floor, ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

This is the message of the sixth issue of the annual "State of the Climate" report. The report was prepared by an ...

2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published Wednesday (Oct. 29) that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital ...

Global scientists warn that humanity is on the verge of crossing irreversible climate thresholds, with coral reefs already at their tipping point and polar ice sheets possibly beyond recovery. The ...

Even with net-negative emissions, the Southern Ocean’s long memory can send up a century-long heat pulse that slows recovery.

Humanity has reached the first Earth system tipping point, the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs, marking the beginning of irreversible planetary shifts. As global temperatures move beyond ...

The country is lagging far behind on marine conservation targets and even its few existing protected areas are failing, say ...