The impacts ripple into human systems — reducing fishery yields, straining aquaculture and affecting industries that rely on ...

The most intense warming, which occurred in the North Atlantic, tropical Pacific, South Pacific and North Pacific, accounted for 90% of unexpected oceanic heating during 2023. The North Atlantic MHW ...

Between 1925 to 2016, the frequency of marine heatwaves has increased on average by 34% and the length of each heatwave had ...

This 2023 astronaut photo shows three glaciers merging into a single massive ice mass in the Karakoram mountains. The stripy ...

In 2023, the world’s oceans experienced the most intense and widespread marine heatwaves ever recorded, with some events ...

Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster ...

Earth’s climate may be more sensitive to pollution from greenhouse gas emissions than we had hoped, which could mean limiting the rise in global temperature to less than 2°C will be more difficult.

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

Learn about two major asteroid impacts from 3.5 million years ago that may not have had lasting environmental effects.

Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

Two days this summer have been unusually short, with the shortest expected on Aug. 5, leading global timekeepers to consider ...

For years, NASA has monitored a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the ...