For more than twenty years, satellite measurements have shown that the Earth is reflecting less sunlight, affecting its ...

"The range of possible outcomes is a lot wider than anybody has appreciated until now." ...

Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth's average temperatures and weather conditions. The world has been warming ...

Although Earth’s two hemispheres lie on opposite sides of the planet and differ in many ways, they share a peculiar ...

The planet continues to warm due to human activity; bouts of cold weather don’t change this. Satellites around the world measure temperatures at different places throughout the year. These are ...

Weather patterns like heat waves or dry spells can sometimes stall over one region. A new University of Arizona study found clues about why. The researchers analyzed tree rings from centuries-old ...

Even incremental increases in solar radiation can intensify global temperatures, disrupt weather patterns, and render parts .

Atmospheric chemist Faye McNeill, however, sounds a cautionary note: The actual effects might not match simulations, she says ...

We have been through an interesting month of weather. Most of it has been dry, but we have seen these heavy rain events about once every 10 days or so that have kept us out of worse drought conditions ...