The continued burning of fossil fuels is locking heat in Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land — instead of allowing it to ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. In a paper ...

Measurements of Earth’s energy input and output reveals that the planet is more out of balance than ever before.

A 60-million year old fossil palm leaf from Alaska. A new study by researchers including Isabel Montañez at UC Davis has produced the most accurate chart to date of how Earth's temperature has changed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last year was not only the hottest since record-keeping began in 1850 but was also the first to pass a threshold meant to limit ...

Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit (opens in a new window) Share on Hacker News (opens in a new window) Share on Flipboard (opens in a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The slice you see cut out of the Earth reveals its core, depicted here in bright yellow. fhm/E+ via Getty Images Our Earth is ...

Sea temperatures in the Persian Gulf have soared to nearly 100 F, just short of the Earth's record high. NASA data revealed that the surface of the water between Iran and the Arab Peninsula hit a mind ...

The Arctic is warming approximately three times faster than the global mean, a phenomenon termed Arctic Amplification. 8 times faster than the global average since the late 1970s. 20°C above the ...

Our species likes it cold. Homo sapiens evolved in — and still inhabits — one of Earth’s rare and fragile ice ages, periods distinguished not by an abundance of saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths ...

Ancient ice records show Earth’s oceans cooled over millions of years despite stable greenhouse gases, highlighting the role ...