The declining trend was also observed by the climate models studied, but on average the relative decrease was lower in the models than in the ground measurements.

Built to help scientists understand how dust affects climate, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation can also pinpoint emissions of the potent greenhouse gas.

Continuing their long decline, glaciers in the Swiss Alps melted more in 2022 than any other year on record.

Smokey Bear is mostly right — you can help prevent wildfires — but it’s not all on you.

The hole in the ozone layer — the portion of the stratosphere that protects our planet from the sun’s ultraviolet rays — is continuing to decrease.

A team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has released four more years of high-resolution imagery data, which has been added to eight years of previous data, to create the most detailed polar region terrain maps ever created.

An unexpected river under the Antarctic ice sheet affects the flow and melting of ice, potentially accelerating ice loss as the climate warms.

The Guam rail, also known as the ko’ko’, has all the architectural grace of a wood-paneled Buick station wagon. 

Narwhals are changing their migration patterns in response to pressure from changing Arctic climates, a new UBC report has found.

An international coalition of researchers says in a report published today that the Earth’s vital signs have worsened to the point that “humanity is unequivocally facing a climate emergency.”