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With record-high Mediterranean temperatures and a year's worth of rain falling in mere hours, Spain has been devastated by the weather phenomenon known as DANA.

Global warming during the Last Interglacial period caused so much Arctic ice to melt that Atlantic currents collapsed — and scientists say these are the conditions we could be heading toward.

A new U.N. report has found the world will warm by twice the 1.5-degree-Celsius target adopted in the Paris Agreement by 2100 if countries fail to slash greenhouse gas emissions right now.

Earth from space A 2014 photo shows a massive, iceberg-littered pool of vibrant blue meltwater sitting alone on top of a glacier in Alaska. Similar "melt ponds" are becoming increasingly common in the Arctic due to climate change and are further accelerating the rate of ice loss across the region.

Tsunamis and tidal waves are the powerful types of wave on Earth, but very different processes are involved in their formation.

Wind can whip up to surprising speeds, depending on if it's natural or human made.

Rain has so far been ignored in calculations of the ocean's capacity to take up carbon, but a new estimate shows it enhances the ocean sink by 5% to 7%.

The Himalayas' massive heights result from a unique combination of geologic factors.

The mantle is split up into two domains — the African and the Pacific — that emerged when supercontinent Pangaea broke apart.

A visualization from space of the Gulf Stream as it unfurls across the North Atlantic Ocean.