Deteriorating conditions in the state’s prisons and climate change could be a potentially deadly combination, advocates warn.

New research shows that climate systems like sea ice and permafrost may shift abruptly, even at 1.5°C (2.7°F) of warming.

The planet has endured massive freshwater losses over the past two decades due to the combined effects of climate change, overconsumption and drought, a new study has found. Arid land areas are ...

Earth plunged into one of the most extreme climate events in its history. In several stages, the planet became a giant ...

Now, a new study that examines the world’s total supply of fresh water — accounting for its rivers and rain, ice and aquifers together — warns that Earth’s most essential resource is quickly ...

Strong ocean tides could be driving the growth of huge fractures in Antarctica’s ice shelves, new research suggests.

A rapidly retreating glacier in the Russian Arctic has revealed an ancient whale graveyard.

Northwestern University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) scientists have developed a new process-based ...

For over two decades, satellites have quietly documented a major crisis unfolding beneath our feet: Earth's continents are ...

New Arizona State University-led research findings from studying over two decades of satellite observations reveal that the Earth’s continents have experienced unprecedented freshwater loss since 2002 ...