As the planet warms, past episodes of the natural weather phenomenon may no longer be a reliable guide of how the next one ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics are so small and lightweight they can be swept into the air, where they may be helping to heat ...

Deforestation coupled with climate change is rapidly pushing the Amazon Rainforest toward a perilous tipping point that could ...

A new study published in Nature Climate Change found that colored microplastics suspended in the atmosphere may contribute ...

Since the Industrial Revolution—an event made possible by the use of fossil fuels in everything from power plants to transportation—Earth has gotten hotter. 2024 was the hottest year on record and the ...

A study says the coloring of microplastics can make a big difference in how much they heat up the Earth.

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savanna-like ecosystems at 1.5–1.9°C of global warming if deforestation increases to roughly 22–28% of the Amazon, ...

Global warming will expand the areas where animal viruses are detected, increasing risks in regions outside the tropics.

Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ...

Shifts in Earth's orbit around the sun influence the start and end of Ice Ages over tens of thousands of years and human ...

There's more bad news about microplastics. We already know they pose a risk to health and can pollute ecosystems, but now ...

Real-time tools, visuals, and other resources to quantify the role of climate change in weather events. Alerts We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable ...