Climate Change

The hurricane center is already watching a disturbance, with more potentially on the way.

The heat wave continues.

A team from UNIGE analyzed 56 million-year-old sediments to determine the rise in soil erosion due to global warming, which is associated with significant flooding. Around 56 million years ago, Earth underwent significant and swift climate warming, likely triggered by greenhouse gases emitted from

Speaking at a meeting of Pacific Island leaders in Tonga, Antonio Guterres warned the region was ‘uniquely exposed’.

Analysis of Pacific Ocean sediments shows doubling atmospheric CO2 might raise Earth's temperature by up to 14 degrees, exceeding IPCC predictions, with historical data indicating significant future climate impacts. Doubling the atmospheric CO2 levels could raise Earth's average temperature by 7

Subsidiary of Liberty Mutual pulls back in the state.

Kyle is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. But with extreme heat and limited water supplies, that isn’t necessarily a good thing.

Data suggests 2024 will likely surpass 2023 as the hottest year ever recorded. The Copernicus Climate Change Service says temperatures are close to topping the 2.7-degree rise that was set by the Paris Agreement. In the last month, heat-related deaths have been reported in Greece, Saudi Arabia, India and the United States. Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says heat related deaths in the U.S. rose almost 47% from 2021 to 2023.

Humanity risks losing the beautiful, complex reefs that have existed on Earth for millennia. Governments and officials have now acknowledged this devastating fact.

"If it's taken us 18 years just to get ready to do the first people in orbit, we've got to improve our rate of innovation."

For U.S. seismologists, Japan’s “megaquake” warning last week renewed discussion about when and how to warn people on the West Coast if they find elevated risk of a major earthquake.

Researchers finally have an interesting explanation for why the continents have been rising vertically along with moving horizontally.

Learn about Hurricane Ernesto, a Category 2 storm heading towards Bermuda. Find out about the expected winds, storm surge, and the transition into an extratropical storm.

Dangerous rip currents are a growing concern for the US mainland, especially between Florida and North Carolina.

Forget what you learnt in elementary school geography, Earth apparently doesn’t have seven continents after all.From a young age, we’re taught that the world is made up of Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America, and yet, new research suggests that this isn’t, in ...

Climate change is turbo-charging summer temperatures all over the country, but heat is more intense in cities, where over 260 million Americans live.

Ernesto became the fifth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season on Monday. Here's where it could be headed.

A fast-spreading wildfire continued to rage close to the Greek capital of Athens on Monday, prompting authorities to ask residents to evacuate their homes.Mo...

A map shows the areas of the United States that are most likely to be targeted in a nuclear attack.

Sunspot AR3590 unleashed X1.8 and X1.7-class solar flares within a few hours of one another. Cell phone outages spiked across the United States around the same time but it is unclear if they are connected to the flares. Credit: Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / Helio Viewer | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: The Ethereal by Ave Air / courtesy of Epidemic Sound

Heavy rainfall in Haryana's Gurugram provided relief from the sweltering heat, but also led to waterlogging in several parts of the city.

The 245,000-acre fire, worsened by thunderstorms and strong winds, is so big it’s even creating its own weather. The Biggest Blaze in the US A massive wildfire currently burning near the Oregon–Idaho border, about 130 miles west of Boise, Idaho, has officially been called the biggest active blaze in the US – so big, in fact, that it’s creating its ... Read More

Local emergency responders were notified they should be "on increased civil protection readiness in order to face any fire incidents immediately," officials said.

The weather system previously known as Hurricane Debby was not quite done with parts of the U.S. Sunday as flood warnings remained in effect in North Carolina and thousands were without power in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. After hitting Florida as a hurricane Aug. 5, the storm spent nearly a week unleashing tornadoes and flooding, damaging homes and taking lives along the East Coast before moving into Canada on Saturday. While many rivers...