Climate

In the coming decades, more than a quarter-million people may die each year as a result of climate change, according to a new review study.

Ocean temperatures reached their highest point since accurate measurements first began in the 1950s.

As sea ice melts, Antarctica may get more sensitive to astronomical cycles.

Echoes of the Little Ice Age still persist more than a mile down in the Pacific Ocean, even as ocean warming looms.

What new mysteries will scientists unravel about Earth in 2019?

More than 8.5 million acres of land in the U.S. burned this year. Here's how the raging flames get their start.

The Arctic is warming faster than ever.

Why did megalodon go extinct? New research has answers, and the shark's high body temperature likely played a part.

Here's the horrifying way these sea creatures met their end more than 250 million years ago.

Warming oceans lead to some strange brain changes in sharks.

Despite warnings that there is little time left to get a handle on global warming, carbon emissions are on the rise.

The rate of vanishing ice is "off the charts."

The people (and Sir David Attenborough) have spoken: Climate change is scary as heck.

A new paper reveals that it would cost less to slow climate change than it would to fix New York City's subway system.

Extreme precipitation will be more likely in a warming world.

Scientists aren't sure precisely what it is.