The climate record holds some of its best warnings in stone, soil, and leaves. In a new study, scientists from the University of Utah and the Colorado School of Mines looked back to one of Earth’s ...

Nearly 2 billion people could face wild disruptions in water availability if the planet continues to warm — and the change could be irreversible, new research suggests. The new study, published May 14 ...

Key climate tipping points may be closer than expected, raising the risk of accelerating warming, sea-level rise, and ...

New research by NOAA and a visiting scientist from India shows that warming of the Indo-Pacific Ocean is altering rainfall patterns from the tropics to the United States, contributing to declines in ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After more than a year under the influence of La Niña, the Pacific has shifted gears. The April Climate Prediction Center’s report announced the return to ENSO-neutral conditions ...

Researchers have identified a "tipping point" about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being relatively warm and stable to cold and chaotic, as continental ice sheets ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heath Kelsey, director of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Integration and Application Network, poses ...

This rapid transition between wet and dry weather conditions is a hallmark of climate change, and it’s also an accelerating climate threat. This phenomenon is called “precipitation whiplashes,” and ...

Extreme rainfall is reshaping coastal waters along South Korea's shoreline, flushing nutrients from land into the sea and fueling the growth of algal blooms. A new multi-year study, published in ...

Scientists Revisit Climate Predictions as Ocean Data Raises New Questions ...