Climate models are complex, just like the world they mirror. They simultaneously simulate the interacting, chaotic flow of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, and they run on the world’s largest ...

Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster than the global average, whereas others, including large parts of the tropical ...

Nitrogen is an important component of the global environment, affecting agriculture, climate, human health, and ecosystems. The role of the nitrogen cycle has become more widely appreciated, yet Earth ...

Climate scientists are confronting a hard truth: some of the most widely used models are struggling to keep up with the pace and texture of real‑world warming. The physics at their core remains sound, ...

Current global climate models (GCMs) support with high confidence the view that rising greenhouse gases and other anthropogenic forcings account for nearly all observed global surface warming—slightly ...

After yet another international climate summit ended last fall without binding commitments to phase out fossil fuels, a leading global climate model is offering a stark forecast for the decades ahead.

Global and continental SOC change trends under the SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5 scenarios with 11 global climate models of ACCESS-CM2, ACCESS-ESM1-5, BCC-CSM2-MR, CanESM5, GFDL-ESM4, INM ...

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 perspective highlights why plant traits should be built into photosynthetic efficiency models to improve estimates of global vegetation productivity. Instead of relying mainly on climate ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Nadir Jeevanjee, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (THE CONVERSATION) ...