A new study suggests that deep-sea life reaps the benefits of icebergs’ castoffs — a rare silver lining as a warming planet ...

Pacific Ocean warming and a strengthening El Niño could disrupt global weather in 2026, raising risks of floods, droughts, heatwaves and monsoon uncertainty.

In the 45°C heat of the midday April sun, I swing my sledgehammer into the terracotta-varnished lobes of pillow basalt ...

In May 2018, the island of Mayotte, between Madagascar and Mozambique, began to experience a series of earthquakes that led ...

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 metres, were it to fully melt. Yet it has puzzled scientists for decades how and why this ...

New research shows that Earth's oceans are warming quickly. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with oceanographer Brad deYoung about the record-breaking rise in marine temperatures.

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make ...

“I can’t believe I did it,” Rob Lea exhales. “I am totally and utterly wrecked.” He slumps to the shore of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island, salt-crusted and green with zinc paste. This scene ...

The planet is warming because we’re emitting vast quantities of greenhouse gases, primarily from fossil fuel burning,” one ...

Explorer and endurance runner Ram Gopal Kothari has added another remarkable milestone to Indian sporting history by becoming the first Indian to complete the Volcano Marathon on Easter Island (Rapa ...

The continent’s record heat wave sparked wildfires in German forests, closed hundreds of British schools, and led dozens ...

The planet’s oceans are at unprecedented temperatures for this time of year, breaking the June temperature record, according ...