Across much of the world, planting more trees means more carbon is stored, and global warming is reduced. That's the thinking ...

An expanding polar vortex is expected to lower temperatures across the eastern half of the U.S., with the potential for ...

For decades, the Arctic has steadily been losing sea ice, causing some climatologists to guess that the first month of an ice ...

Standing tall with a vertical drop of an astonishing 11,500 feet (3,500 meters), it’s over three times the height of the ...

Could January 2025 be one of the United States' coldest Januarys since 2011? What to know about when polar vortex will arrive ...

As Arctic ice recedes, human activity in this inhospitable environment is increasing, and scientists have recorded stark ...

an Arctic ecologist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center who contributed to the report. “Our Earth systems aren’t taking up and storing carbon as they used to, and this is something that we ...

where it no longer helps warm Earth’s surface. But as fossil fuel emissions heat the planet, balmier air temperatures are thawing Arctic tundra, activating carbon-hungry microbes, and more ...

At the most northerly tip of the UK, looking north from the island of Muckle Flugga, Shetland, the cold wind whips up the sea and gannets dive.

EU researchers are braving extreme Arctic conditions to shed light on snow's crucial role in Earth's climate system.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is one of the Earth’s last intact ecosystems. Vast and little-known, this 19 million-acre expanse along Alaska’s north slope is home to some of the ...