Sediment records from the Andes suggest tropical land where millions live could heat up faster than expected as greenhouse gases rise.

The start of the Phanerozoic Eon 540 million years ago is marked by the Cambrian Explosion, a point in time when complex, hard-shelled organisms first appeared in the fossil record. Although ...

U.S. forests have stored unprecedented levels of carbon in recent years, driven by a mix of climate forces and human land-use choices.

The latest forecast from Met Office scientists indicates that the rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) increase this year will remain too fast to meet climate targets outlined for limiting global ...

Global temperature records go back less than two centuries. But that doesn’t mean we have no idea what the world was doing before we started building thermometers. There are various things—tree rings, ...

Capturing and storing the carbon dioxide humans produce is key to lowering atmospheric greenhouse gases and slowing global warming, but today’s carbon capture technologies work well only for ...