In 2016, nearly 200 world leaders pledged to do everything possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Since ...

Based on the current pledges of countries for limiting their emissions of greenhouse gases, global temperatures are projected to reach 2.7 degrees Celsius beyond pre-industrial levels by the end of ...

Sparsely populated and largely impassable, areas within the Arctic Circle are nevertheless becoming one of the most important ...

The world is adept at balancing the warming gases in its atmosphere, but anthropogenic climate change is challenging this ...

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ...

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

Researchers discovered the Borealis Mud Volcano, a marine biodiversity hotspot with unique geological and ecological ...

A decrease in pressure ridges over the past 3 decades is making the ice more uniform, with unclear consequences.

Things in the Arctic have never been hotter. In the past year, Russian nuclear submarines have practiced firing cruise ...

When searching for alien life, it’s not unusual to use Earth as a test bed for theories and even practice runs. Perhaps one ...

A seemingly minor trickle of groundwater beneath Alaska’s tundra is quietly releasing vast amounts of carbon into the ocean.

The 'Last Ice Area' is expected to be the final place in the Arctic where ice persists all year round even as our planet warms up – but a new study suggests the region, and the ecosystem that relies ...