NASA employees received a memo from acting agency administrator Janet Petro, Wednesday, mandating the closure of all diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives and contracts.

Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has given that work new meaning.

The new Trump administration could upend NASA's priorities, reshaping the Artemis moon program, climate science funding and the role of commercial space players.

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

Prolonged drought and powerful Santa Ana winds set up extreme conditions that have fueled the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Those conditions were compounded by climate change. According to NOAA and NASA,

2024 was the first year to pass a milestone set by world leaders to try to keep the worst impacts of climate change at bay, scientists say.

Record-high temperatures, snow-less winters and frequent natural disasters could be due to global warming. Here's how climate change impacts weather.

Earth has recorded its first temperatures in excess of thresholds set in the Paris climate agreement. Here's how warm it was in 2024.

Scientists are issuing a stark warning about the changing climate after the planet reached a key warming benchmark in 2024. Newly released data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change

The climate policy pendulum is swinging back again with Trump in office. Money, lobbying and talking about red vs. blue states all play a role in the political and public divide.

funding levels for Earth and climate science and the very operation of NASA itself. Battles will play out over the coming months and years to decide the direction and extent of a number of U.S ...

A wall of ice the size of Rhode Island is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals.