When it comes to global warming and climate change, we often hear news stories about tipping points where Earth's systems shift into a new and dangerous state. One such may have been reached in the ...

Associated Press — Around the globe, hotter temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that can wreak havoc on people and the ...

Ultraviolet radiation penetrates most deeply in clear water bodies. UV radiation shifts at Lake Tahoe are associated with wet and dry extremes. (VAWiley/Getty) Lake Tahoe is experiencing large-scale ...

Comparison of records over the past 400,000 years. (A) Marine benthic foraminifera δ¹⁸O (Lisiecki and Raymo, 2005); (B) Loess magnetic susceptibility (Sun et al., 2021); (C) Microcodium δ¹⁸O record ...

A research team led by Academician Jin Zhijun from the Institute of Energy, Peking University, has revealed how interactions between Earth's tectonic activity and astronomical cycles jointly shaped ...

(KTEN) — Do you remember the water cycle song from elementary school? Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation? This summer we’ve had below-average temperatures, and a lot of that is due to the ...