A new study shows that climate shapes the land and can change where earthquakes happen and when volcanoes erupt.

Dangerous climate tipping points will threaten food, water and coastlines. They’re irreversible and only radically ...

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...

Earth’s climate balance isn’t just governed by the slow weathering of silicate rocks, which capture carbon and stabilize temperature over eons. New research reveals that biological and oceanic ...

The ocean's smallest engineers, calcifying plankton, quietly regulate Earth's thermostat by capturing and cycling carbon. However, a new review published in Science by an international team led by the ...

Climate scientist Nadir Jeevanjee speaks on The Conversation Weekly podcast about how the pioneers of climate modelling got many of their predictions right.

For three decades now, I have watched Earth warm—not through headlines or politics, but in my own data. Every year, the ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” — a period between 1.8 and 0.8 billion years ago — was anything but dull. Scientists from the University of Sydney and the University of ...

With the pace of climate change speeding up, extreme weather and other impacts are taking an increasing toll on populations and environments across the globe. Here are some of the developments this ye ...

Bill Gates may not think climate change will lead to 'humanity's demise', but scientists beg to differ in a new report, which warns Earth is 'hurtling towards climate chaos'. In their damning verdict, ...

In a lengthy memo published ahead of his 70th birthday, the Microsoft co-founder argued that while it's important to keep "backing" climate breakthroughs, it shouldn't be at the expense of programs ...