Click the downloadable graphic: What is attribution science? Humans have increased Earth’s temperature, mainly by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and methane gas. The resulting heat-trapping ...

How do scientists determine whether climate change is driving extreme weather events like the floods, heat waves and droughts that we’re experiencing today? To find out about the science of ...

Over the past 60 years, scientists have largely succeeded in building a computer model of Earth to see what the future holds. One of the most ambitious projects humankind has ever undertaken has now ...

Plants, plankton and sea spray all release elements that help the atmospheric blankets form Max G. Levy The view from a research aircraft that scientists use to collect data from high in Earth’s ...

With dire environmental warnings and extreme weather events in the news almost every day, it can be tempting to simply avoid thinking about the climate crisis. But how do climate scientists, who must ...

Scientists are discovering that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways — driving heavy, deadly rainfall and ...

Experts say the Trump administration has unraveled decades of investment in the people and models that track how climate change is harming us.

Climate models are complex, just like the world they mirror. They simultaneously simulate the interacting, chaotic flow of ...

Satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Melissa churning northwest through the Caribbean Sea. The Category 5 hurricane is a recent example of ...

A new report released yesterday by the Department of Energy purports to provide “a critical assessment of the conventional narrative on climate change.” But nine scientists across several different ...