Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.

Earth exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial times, a threshold beyond which wildfires, droughts, floods ...

Extreme conditions helped fuel the fast-moving fires that destroyed thousands of homes. Scientists are working to figure out ...

As we burn fossil fuels, the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is gradually rising, and with it, the planet's ...

And our economy is adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere faster than any other ... it largely excludes from its models “the impacts of climate tipping points, climate-driven extreme events, human ...

Utah atmospheric scientists reveal that a proposed "geoengineering" strategy to remove a potent greenhouse gas could worsen ...

One of President Trump’s first executive orders withdraws the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. These graphics show why ...

NASA scientists have uncovered significant human-driven changes in the global water cycle over the past two decades.

Using records of past coastal changes, flood events and human impact, the project seeks to understand how the Hest Bank coastline has formed and how it may change in the future. By joining this ...

Atmospheric scientists show proposed 'geoengineering' effort to remove methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere could worse air quality while providing minimal climate benefits.

The global water cycle, the intricate system that moves water between the atmosphere, land, and oceans, is undergoing significant changes—and humans are at the center of it. A newly published NASA ...

The AQI is measured on a scale from 0 to 500, with the lower the number, the healthier the air. (Getty Creative) ...