Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Three recent studies reveal how the interplay between El Niño and long-term global warming drove the record-breaking global ...

Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier.

And, in the majority of datasets in 2024, global surface temperatures exceeded 1.5C for the first time. (In the Berkeley Earth dataset, 2023 was actually the first year above 1.5C.) Global temperature ...

Many people envision Earth ... temperature, density, or composition — they change speed, direction, or type. By measuring these changes at seismic stations on the surface, scientists can map ...

In addition to the Ocean CSI data, the online tool also provides maps for sea surface temperatures and temperature anomalies ... the vast majority of the Earth’s excess warming (more than ...

Is the universe flat and infinite, or something more complex? We can’t say for sure, but a new search strategy is mapping out ...

An unknown volcano erupted so explosively in 1831 that it cooled Earth ... a climate anomaly that lasted from the early 1400s to around 1850. During this time, annual temperatures in the Northern ...

The system, known as a polar vortex, is forecast to bring subzero temperatures to the Midwest ... which extends up about 6 miles from the Earth's surface, is the first layer of the atmosphere.

Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

Though the volcano’s magma chambers could hold enough material for a caldera-forming event, none of them are likely to erupt soon.