Crucial for marine life and the global economy, coral reefs are the planet's first major environmental system to cross a ...

The world faces a "new reality" as we have reached the first of many Earth system tipping points that will cause catastrophic ...

In the distant past, Earth sometimes froze entirely, causing ice ages, and rock weathering alone isn't responsible.

The exact moment when Earth will reach its tipping points—moments at which human-induced climate change will trigger ...

New research reveals how the Earth might overcorrect for global warming. For a long time, scientists believed that the ...

Climate change is a public health emergency, driving heat, poor air quality, stronger storms, and new diseases that threaten ...

Last month was the third-warmest September on record globally, behind 2024 and 2023, according to new data analyzed by the ...

Marine heatwaves can jam the ocean’s natural carbon conveyor belt, preventing carbon from reaching the deep sea. Researchers studying two major heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska found that plankton ...

Humans are gambling the very stability of Earth's life support systems, scientists said Wednesday, warning that ocean acidity was yet another key planetary threshold to be breached. A team of global ...