Smith Island's story illustrates the long-term consequences of human reliance on dirty energy. The burning of coal, oil, and ...

New satellite technology has revealed that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, an unexpected turn of events that could ...

The planet has endured massive freshwater losses over the past two decades due to the combined effects of climate change, overconsumption and drought, a new study has found.

The Thwaites Glacier, somberly referred to as the “Doomsday Glacier,” is drawing new high-priority interest from climate ...

Kemal Ozdemir looked up at the bare peaks of Mount Cilo in Turkey's Kurdish majority southeast: "There were glaciers 10 years ...

New research shows that climate systems like sea ice and permafrost may shift abruptly, even at 1.5°C (2.7°F) of warming.

New findings from studying over two decades of satellite observations reveal that the Earth’s continents have experienced ...

Since 2002, all of Earth’s continents have experienced “unprecedented freshwater loss” driven by climate change, unsustainable groundwater use and extreme droughts, new satellite observations have ...