This story is the first article of a two-part Mongabay mini-series exploring possible climate futures. Part Two will be ...

For decades, the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has projected itself as a sentinel of Earth's climate future. But its transformation from a space science institute into a ...

From rainforests to coral reefs, scientists have uncovered a hidden pattern that explains how life on Earth is organized.

A new analysis says human-caused climate change had a key role in the record-breaking heat wave in Iceland and Greenland in ...

Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, sediment cores hold secrets that could reshape how scientists predict Earth's climate ...

Tropical cyclones represent a danger to life, property, and the economies of communities. Researchers who study tropical ...

Sea surface temperatures in 2024 broke records and about a quarter of the world’s oceans are experiencing temperatures that qualify as a marine heat wave.

This type of flow form of mantle convection, moves heat through Earth’s interior and reshapes how we think about the planet’s ...

Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

This June, the Milky Way’s brilliant heart lights up the night as planets align and the solstice sun marks Earth’s celestial ...

China is going full Jules Verne as it prepares to go where no drill has gone before. As part of its Deep Ocean Drilling ...

Scientists have discovered the single largest repository of gold in the world that makes Fort Knox look like a piggy bank.