Earth’s climate is now warming so quickly that one of NASA’s most influential former scientists says the planet has crossed a ...

Any day now, it could happen: We could detect an asteroid on an Earth-crossing trajectory. It might be a small one; it might be a big one. It might be tomorrow; it might be a thousand years from now.

Large areas of the world could soon become unrecognizable if global temperatures continue to rise. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. From the loss of coral reefs to the ...

Four key climate systems are showing signs of instability and approaching tipping points with potentially abrupt and ...

Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In ...

Our planet is headed toward several catastrophic climate tipping points, according to new research. This matters because once these “tipping points” are crossed, they can trigger dramatic ...

Earth is full of incredible places. Some rise high into the sky, while others sink deep below the surface. These extremes demonstrate the diversity and fascination of our planet. The highest point on ...

We look at 6 major candidates on how they are all interconnected and influence each other. A “tipping point” is when a system, with just a small amount of additional energy, is pushed from one stable ...

No one can say exactly what it looks like when a planet takes ill, but it probably looks a lot like Earth. Never mind what you’ve heard about global warming as a slow-motion emergency that would take ...

(WKBN) – If you have thought that the Earth is close to the sun in the summertime and that is why it is hotter this time of year, you will have to think again. While that may sound like common sense, ...