Climate change is increasingly reshaping the polar oceans, with Arctic waters warming rapidly, sea ice shrinking and wildlife losing habitat at both ends of

In a new analysis covering the first eight months of 2026, Copernicus CAMS highlighted the close relationship between climate change and air pollution...

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution traced the change mainly to the poleward expansion of Southern Hemisphere subtropical gyres. As these large...

Sea-level rise driven by climate change could help invasive marine species spread into newly flooded coastal areas, threatening biodiversity and some economic

The “salty-gets-saltier, fresh-gets-fresher” theory predicts that an intensifying water cycle should freshen the climatologically fresh Southern Ocean. A new study shows the opposite: sea surface sali...

Heavy rain and strong winds battered the northeastern United States on Saturday as an unusually powerful autumn storm intensified, leaving tens of thousands

Complementary satellite and airborne observations supported response and recovery during the 2025 Los Angeles fires Product value depended on timely delivery, suitable spatial resolution, and est...

Extreme storms in the tropical regions are expanding and becoming more persistent with climate warming, resulting in higher storm rainfall volumes while peak intensity remains unchanged.

Key points Our study is the first United States-based study to examine microplastic deposition before, during, and after a hurricane.Hurricane Helene, a Ca

A range of recent studies have developed methods and data to attribute past and present global temperature change to individual emitters. We perform simulations that attribute the amount of global war...

Heat stress is an increasing concern as climate change drives more frequent and intense extreme heat episodes. In particular, participants in outdoor endurance events face a high risk of heat stress r...

Snap analysis of these yield estimates, including a ranking of where 2026 sits alongside other harvests going back to 1984.

Climate change is recognized as a key amplifier of human-wildlife conflict, yet the underlying mechanism remains poorly understood. Japan’s 2025 bear crisis, which produced 232 casualties, has been wi...

Data visualisation is a discipline sitting at the interface of science, communication and design. Contrary to common misconceptions, it is not simply the art of making charts “prettier.” It’s about cr...

Wealthy nations must do their fair share to help countries that are least responsible for the climate crisis, yet bear its brunt, Nepal's foreign minister told AFP on Thursday.

Seven of the nine Planetary Boundaries are now outside the framework’s safe operating space, with all seven at their highest recorded levels of transgression,

This year's powerful El Niño weather pattern could lead to 451,000 additional heat-related deaths worldwide through February as it turbocharges global

When financial transfers were restricted to the lowest feasible level, higher-responsibility regions made deeper domestic emissions cuts. In scenarios consistent...

Fresh from accusing fossil fuel interests of treating the atmosphere like an "open sewer," outgoing UN chief Antonio Guterres is set to host his final climate summit

Researchers led by Wei Qi of Guangdong University of Technology (GDUT) examined how these rapid changes could evolve at global warming levels from 1.5 °C to 4.5 °C...

Who cuts emissions fastest, and who supports others do so, are central questions in global climate action. New IIASA-led research shows that building fairness into climate models from the start can in...

The world's climate change crisis is a security issue that belongs on the desks of generals and prime ministers, not just green campaigners, Britain's foreign minister said Monday, as world leaders convene…

For many Americans, extreme heat is showing up in higher electricity bills, disrupted sleep and changes to exercise and outdoor routines, according to a

Global renewable power capacity grew by record levels last year, a report showed Monday, hailed as a sign by the UN climate chief that the "brute power of

COP31 host Turkey said Monday that pursuing "climate-responsible AI" and pushing tech companies to power data centers with clean energy would be priorities

The European Space Agency (ESA) launched its Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) satellite on 15 September, beginning a mission designed to map photosynthetic

Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?

Climate change was a core factor in last month's deadly glacial mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border that killed more than 1,400 people and left at

The planet's water cycle is becoming increasingly erratic, swinging between too little and too much, the UN warned Thursday, with an unprecedented El Niño expected...

Animals are dropping dead amid the worst drought in living memory for many Central Americans, who are grappling with the effects of the powerful El Niño weather...

Rivers are key conduits in the global microplastic cycle, but how much they export to ` ocean and what controls this export remain unresolved. Here, we present a global daily dataset of riverine micro...

President Donald Trump's administration on Monday scrapped limits on carbon emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants, the latest in a string of actions

The Global Glacier Extinction Explorer shows approximate disappearance periods for glaciers under several warming scenarios, while making clear that these estimates...

Meltwater rivers flowing from Svalbard glaciers are carrying ancient methane from rocks beneath the ice into the open air, new research shows. The findings reveal...

Equipped with headlamps and pruning shears, a team of farm workers navigate pitch-black darkness during a nocturnal grape harvest that shields them from Portugal's increasingly oppressive summer heat.

The EU's climate monitor said Thursday that August 2026 was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also reaching unprecedented highs...

In a control room a few hours from Bhutan's capital, a team works around the clock to monitor the risks of the Himalayan country's rapidly melting glaciers.....

The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Niño weather pattern, the new administrator of the

Using ten landscape planning initiatives in the Mediterranean region as a basis, the team investigated how these affected the risk of wildfires. The models ranged from...

Wildfires and heatwaves, which generate microscopic airborne pollutants, risk undermining international efforts to improve air quality, protect human health and safeguard nature

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) methods are becoming increasingly important in both science and society. In climate science - where complex biophysical and societal processes in...

Climate-driven shifts in temperature and drought could alter insect and disease risks across North American forests, with colder and wetter regions expected

Plug-in hybrids have enjoyed a surge in popularity but a study published Thursday showed they are polluting far more than most buyers think, as they run on batteries less than regulators expected.

El Niño could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the UN climate agency warned, with the UN chief warning the world is in the "danger zone...

Researchers have developed a single-step method for making metal–nitrogen–carbon catalysts in batches of up to 75 grams, addressing a production challenge for