Scientists disagree whether human-made climate change or natural fluctuations are mostly to blame for worse-than-expected heat in recent years ...

New geological evidence suggests that the slow wobble of Earth’s axis may have triggered rapid climate swings during the Late Cretaceous greenhouse world.

King penguins are adapting to climate change in a way that seems to help them breed successfully, which is unusual.

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. And the current rate of increase to a single average day—1.33 additional milliseconds per century—is ...

People quickly normalize extreme weather. Simple visuals highlighting abrupt change could help climate change break through our mental blind spots.

The story of a wildflower that adapted to a severe drought in California raises hopes that evolution will come to the rescue ...

A potted scarlet monkeyflower would die within a few days without water. But multiple natural populations of the species ...

The climate pattern known for intense heat, floods and drought is likely to develop this summer, raising questions about disaster preparedness.

A climate scientist explains why Earth is 'running a fever' and how climate change impacts health, the economy, and daily life.

A potentially strong El Niño weather pattern will likely emerge this summer and persist through the rest of the year. The hottest years on record generally occur in years when El Niño is active.

Unesco condemned the attack in Minab, Iran, as a ‘grave violation of humanitarian law’ - a preliminary investigation is said to have blamed a ‘mistake’ by the US military. Bryony Gooch and Maira Butt ...

Children living through the latest war in the Middle East or seeing images of the conflict may need help making sense of events that ...