Extreme heat is only becoming more common. In the United States, heat waves now occur three times as often as they did in the ...

At any given time, about two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by clouds. Overall, they make the planet much cooler than ...

The study shows that Earth’s climate has dramatically shifted before, triggering drought patterns like those seen in Cape ...

Around 220 million years ago, shifting climate conditions created an environment that allowed pterosaurs to evolve and take ...

Tropical coral reefs encrust the coastlines of islands and continents near Earth’s equator but this zone, which has offered ...

The International Day of the Tropics, observed on June 29 annually, focuses on the significance of the tropics as hubs of the ...

Earth’s major climate goal is too warm for the polar ice sheets, study says. If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice ...

Cynthia Erivo will produce a film adaptation of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s novel Saturation Point for Universal through her Edith’s ...