Four key climate systems are showing signs of instability and approaching tipping points with potentially abrupt and ...

The Sentinel-6B is the second of two satellites in a $1 billion program to monitor sea levels over a full decade.

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ...

The planet could see 2 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade. Earth may have already passed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming and could be soon heading for 2 degrees of warming, researchers ...

Pumping groundwater appears to have a greater consequence than ever previously thought. But now—thanks to a study published ...

Scientists have used the geological record of the deep sea to discover a connection between the orbits of Earth and Mars, past global warming patterns and the speeding up of deep ocean circulation.

Earth and Mars are close in planetary terms. When their orbits align, Mars passes within a mere 33.9 million miles (54.6 million kilometers) of our blue marble. New research on deep ocean sediments ...

Scientists find baby loggerheads feel Earth’s magnetic field to know where they are, reshaping our understanding of sea ...