The graph shows spikes and drops in temperature over the past 9,500 years, charting how much higher or lower each year’s temperatures are than the average temperature over the entire time period.

In a paper published today, Sept. 19, in the journal Science, a team of researchers, including paleobiologists Scott Wing and Brian Huber from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, ...

According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the global average sea surface temperature reached ...

The research offers a clearer picture of how global temperatures have changed over time, emphasizing the strong relationship between Earth's temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

Topping off the warmest decade in history, 2010 experienced a global average temperature of 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit, tying 2005 as the hottest year in 131 years of recordkeeping.

The "climate stripes" – also known as the "warming stripes" – are a graphical representation of the changes in the planet's temperature over time since 1850, shown as vertical bars of colour.

Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now. An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild ...