Climate modeling is one of the most demanding intellectual exercises humans have ever attempted. Scientists are essentially trying to compress the entire physical behavior of the atmosphere, ocean, ...

Scientists, including those working with the Earth Commission, are calling for a fundamental rethink of how the world imagines its future, arguing that today's dominant climate and biodiversity models ...

Something unexpected happened in the climate science community over the past two years. While global temperatures soared to unprecedented levels in 2023 and 2024, researchers found themselves unable ...

Northern wildfires may be more dangerous for the climate than they appear. Researchers found that fires in boreal forests can burn deep into peat soils, releasing ancient carbon stored for hundreds or ...

When major new climate change scenarios are released, there's always strong interest. These scenarios lay out what our future climate will look like, depending on how fast we act to cut emissions. Why ...

While global warming is still a threat, the decision to back away from a worst-case outlook raises questions about whether some risks have been overstated. By Brad Plumer and Eric Niiler Reporting ...

There are some scientists whose contributions to the stores of human knowledge are so well-known that they have become household names. I don’t think it’s going too far out on a limb to say that ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface, an unseen system works without pause. Tiny microbes drift through the water, breaking down ...

When major new climate change scenarios are released, there’s always strong interest. These scenarios lay out what our future climate will look like, depending on how fast we act to cut emissions. Why ...