Earth was a frozen wasteland. Then, rising CO2 caused a catastrophic thaw, turning Earth into a "slushy" planet.

At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a ...

Plastic pollution affects fundamental Earth systems, contributing to almost every pressing global environmental challenge.

4, 2024 — The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays ... Deep Beneath Ancient Volcanoes Was a Hidden Driver of Earth's Past Climate Oct. 30, 2024 — A team discovered ...

At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy planet. Results provide the first direct geochemical evidence of the ...

The currents in question are those forming the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a giant ocean conveyor ...

Imagine that a massive ice sheet covered Canada and oozed down over a large part of the northern United States, like icing ...

At COP16, mapping, monitoring and reporting on ecosystems was a focal point for governments and businesses. How will a new Atlas accelerate progress?

Earth and environmental sciences ... Computer models have now been used to map the timescales and efficiency of carbon removal at global scale, revealing important regional differences.

Summer heat has significant effects in the mountainous regions of the western United States. Melted snow washes from snowy ...

Earth’s warming could trigger sweeping changes ... comes as Donald Trump’s election throws global climate talks into disarray. The new report also says that global warming has hit a threshold ...

Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance “for ... refers to the complex system by which water moves around the Earth. Water evaporates from the ground — including from lakes ...