A study reveals that Earth alternated between chaotic and calm climates during the Paleozoic era, driven by tectonics and ...

Climate zones in the world: The Earth is home to a wide variety of climates, from the cold of the Arctic to the blazing heat of the desert. These differences in weather and temperature happen because ...

A new study shows that climate shapes the land and can change where earthquakes happen and when volcanoes erupt.

Scientists have developed a new way to represent the world's cities in global climate and Earth system models (GCM & ESMs), offering a more accurate picture of how urban areas are being affected ...

Coccolithophores, tiny planktonic architects of Earth’s climate, capture carbon, produce oxygen, and leave behind geological records that chronicle our planet’s history. European scientists are ...

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...

Deep inside Earth, far below the crust and mantle we learn about in school, scientists are mapping strange, continent-sized structures that appear to shape everything from volcanic hotspots to the ...

The so-called “Boring Billion” may have been anything but—a supercontinent’s breakup 1.46 billion years ago may have sparked ...

A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has shed light on a previously overlooked but common atmospheric phenomenon: the transition zone (TZ) where clouds and aerosols blend together ...

Even Australia’s most protected marine habitats are likely to suffer extreme impacts from climate change by 2040. According to a new study published in Earth's Future, even under today’s optimistic ...