Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ...

Climate change is usually associated with changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, but our planet's surface also plays a major ...

Understanding how water moves through the Earth system is fundamental to predicting climate impacts and ensuring sustainable ...

Earth system box models are essential tools for reconstructing long-term climatic and environmental evolution and uncovering ...

Researchers uncover how Mars affects Earth’s orbit, offering new insight into the planetary forces behind ice ages.

Climate can change fast, even when the planet looks stable. Earth has flipped into new patterns within decades in the past.

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 ...

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Climate models are complex, just like the world they ...

Scientists have used a NASA-grade supercomputer to push our planet to its limits, virtually fast‑forwarding the clock until ...