Humans Accidentally Canceled the Next Ice Age, Scientists Say
For billions of years, Earth has experienced periodic glacial cycles governed by its orbit around the Sun. No…
Arctic ice had been expanding for at least 1,000 years before reaching its greatest extent around 1960; researchers say greenhouse warming then reversed a natural slide toward another ice age
Reducing ice cap due to global warming. A new study suggests that the Arctic was already moving towards…
Worst European heat wave on record this summer killed over 50,000
Over 50,000 people were killed this past summer in Europe due to a brutal heat wave, marking it…
A New Ice Age Was Beginning. Then Humans Started Burning Fossil Fuels
“After the ice cap retreated, mosses eventually colonized this newly exposed land,” says Nicolás Young, a paleoclimatologist at…
Something Unexpected Is Happening to Antarctica’s Collapsing Ice Cliffs
Antarctica’s towering ice cliffs may be more resilient than scientists once feared. New satellite observations reveal surprising natural…
Britain-sized Doomsday Glacier is melting faster than feared
The high cliffs of Thwaites Glacier taken from the British Antarctic Survey Twin Otter aircraft (Rob Larter/British Antarctic…
12 Trillion Tons of Polar Ice Are Already Gone and What’s Left Is Melting Fast. But the Biggest Culprit Isn’t Surface Melting
A photo showing polar ice melting in Greenland. Image credits: Dave Meckler/Unsplash The world’s great ice sheets are…
New Research Strengthens the Link Between Warming and Extreme Weather
There is an increasing body of evidence connecting climate change and severe weather events. In 2004, a group…
Israel’s New Normal: A Coastline Wracked by an Algae Apocalypse
This summer, Israel hasn’t been baked by unusual heat, but the Mediterranean Sea has. As the warming of…
178 Fossil Fuel Giants Have Already Locked In Centuries of Warming
The vast majority of planet-warming emissions come from just 178 oil, gas, and cement companies known as the…
Global rivers had one of driest years in 2025, new report shows
Rivers around the world in 2025 had one of the driest years in more than three decades, according…
Tiny Hairs That Help Corals Breathe May Malfunction in Warming Oceans
Every coral colony is cushioned by a thin boundary layer of water whose movement is slowed by friction…