The greenhouse effect is the process by which certain gases trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere, similar to how a car heats up in the sun. This keeps the planet warm enough for life.

Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster ...

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was ...

As climate extremes intensify, plant breeders are taking a proactive approach to heat and drought tolerance without ...

Satellite data suggests cloud darkening is responsible for much of the warming since 2001, and the good news is that it is a ...

As loss and damage litigation gains momentum, however, one of the biggest challenges remains the legal question of causation ...

Rainfall patterns fluctuate much more than temperature, the Met Office says, but it finds that, as well as warming up, the UK ...

Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard has a look cooler temps with rain wrapping up Wednesday. Showers return Friday night before heat ...

On Monday, the country’s weather service, the Met Office, released its annual State of the U.K. Climate report, which ...