The new paper is part of an ongoing research effort that began in 2018, when Smithsonian researchers were helping develop the museum’s “David H. Koch Hall of Fossils— Deep Time.” The new hall aimed to ...

The 2015 Paris Agreement forged a path for the world to stave off the worst climate change scenarios. Here’s where we stand ...

"This is obviously wrong." Scientist debunks widespread myth about dangerous global trend: 'Can't ignore' first appeared on ...

The areas of the planet that sweltered under above-normal heat during the shockingly warm month of September in 2023 have been revealed in a newly shared NASA map. The map shows how regions across ...

The year 2024 was the hottest on record, with an average temperature of 1.55° Celsius (2.79° Fahrenheit) higher than pre-industrial levels, surpassing the previous record set in 2023, according to six ...

Last month wasn’t only the hottest June by far in the observed temperature record, but marked the first-ever 12-month stretch of the Earth’s average temperature exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius of ...

A 60-million year old fossil palm leaf from Alaska. A new study by researchers including Isabel Montañez at UC Davis has produced the most accurate chart to date of how Earth's temperature has changed ...

January 2025 was officially the hottest January ever recorded globally, according to new data released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), one of the federal ...

Global temperatures are forecast to reach record or near-record levels during the next five years, setting the stage for more deadly extreme weather, according to an annual report from two of the ...

His comments came as the world body’s weather agency said it expected Earth to soon surpass the record high temperatures experienced in 2023. By Raymond Zhong With the planet in the grips of its ...