Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide made history last month by climbing to their highest seasonal peak available in historical records, a team of researchers reported. For the first time ever ...

The cause of global warming shows no sign of slowing down: Levels of the three most significant human-caused greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide – continued their steady ...

More than a billion years ago, a shallow basin in what is now northern Ontario held a subtropical lake. The setting likely resembled modern Death Valley, where heat drives evaporation and leaves salt ...

The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

One reservoir in northern California rose by 5 feet after two atmospheric rivers supplemented the water levels. An atmospheric river began across much of the Pacific Northwest, including Oregon and ...

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere increased to a record high in 2023, even as countries promise to lower their emissions, the World Meteorological Organization reported Monday. The WMO, an ...

A moisture-laden atmospheric river is approaching the West Coast, but Lake Mead and Lake Powell might have to wait a little longer before they benefit from the winter storm. After years of drought, ...

This plant (left), found along the slopes of Mount Everest, grows in individual layers (right) that have been used to understand how atmospheric mercury levels have changed in the past 40 years.

Heavy rain and flooding problems experienced in the Northwest in recent weeks from atmospheric rivers will shift farther ...

The search for habitable exoplanets is a key priority and sits at the pinnacle of exoplanet science. The science community stated that clearly in the 2020 Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 ...