Atmospheric dust plays a dual role in Earth's climate: it reflects some sunlight back into space while also absorbing and ...

February 13, 2026 - In a letter issued in late January as a follow-on to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Belém (COP30), the COP30 president outlined a proposal that would adopt two ...

The Pacific Ocean is a giant climate cauldron, with a powerful heat engine that affects storms, fisheries and rainfall ...

Earth system models (ESMs) integrate the interactions of atmosphere, ocean, land, ice, and biosphere to estimate the state of regional and global climate under a wide variety of conditions. A model ...

When it comes to climate change, to invoke one of Al Gore’s favorite sayings, the biggest challenge is not what we don’t know, but what we know for sure but just isn’t so. Two new studies show that ...

The International Court of Justice reiterated in 2025 that the 1.5°C limit is the countries' primary agreed target under the Paris Agreement. With record-high global temperatures in recent years, the ...

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...

If you think of Earth’s climate system as a backyard swing that’s been gently swaying for millennia, then human-caused global warming is like a sudden shove strong enough to disrupt the usual arc and ...

The world is on course to trigger several climate "tipping points" if global government policies stay on their current course, according to a new study April 23. These points of no return are specific ...

Some long-horizon investors are beginning to price in the costs of irreversible climate change.

How have teachers been impacted by the recent floods in Mozambique? The intense rains that occurred in December 2025 and ...