Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Climate troublemakers El Niño and La Niña have been around for a long time. A really, really long time. A new study says the dance ...

New research suggests Earth’s climate can swing wildly on surprisingly short timescales — even during hot, ice-free ...

A new study in Nature Communications finds a critical climate tipping point in Tibetan permafrost ecosystems. Warming of 2–4 ...

Have you ever wondered why Earth goes through massive climate swings, from freezing ice ages to warmer periods like today? Scientists just cracked a code hidden in ancient rocks that's been driving ...

Small but mighty, the red planet — our celestial neighbor — has made Earth’s climate what it is today. Mars’ gravitational pull serves as a stabilizing force for our home’s orbit, tilt and position ...

A research team led by Academician Jin Zhijun from the Institute of Energy, Peking University, has revealed how interactions between Earth's tectonic activity and astronomical cycles jointly shaped ...

Over the course of hundreds of millions of years, Earth has lived through a series of climatic shifts, shaping the planet as we know it today. Past changes in CO 2 levels and temperature can help us ...

A potential 'Super El Niño' is on the horizon, raising alarms for extreme weather and global disruptions. Scientists warn that this powerful climate pattern, amplified by a hotter planet, could lead ...

Stephen Kane, a professor of planetary astrophysics at UC Riverside, was skeptical when he read recent studies that showed the gravitational pull from Mars being connected to Earth’s long-term climate ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that the Earth’s climate continued to fluctuate during its most extreme ice age – known as Snowball Earth. During ...

With unique monsoon, mesoscale and submesoscale processes, the Indian Ocean offers critical insights and new challenges to ...