Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary.

Feb. 2 marks World Wetlands Day, an annual observance that often flies under the radar yet deserves our full attention. The ...

An increasing number of bears had been observed spending more time on land during the summer, plundering birds’ nests in west ...

Their new study shows that Earth’s massive drop in temperature after the dinosaurs went extinct could have been caused by a large drop in calcium levels in the ocean. The study showed that the ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act has succeeded because it balances conservation with commerce. It sets rules that allow industry to operate while requiring responsibility and gives communities the ...

That’s thanks to another gem of the meteorological world called the “polar jet stream” — sort of like a river of fast-moving air high in the atmosphere that dips down to allow cold air to flow from ...

Although its a catalogue of negative developments from extreme weather events to a new deadly virus, we must maintain hope. "Accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." ...

To reduce the impacts of global warming, like the ones present on the Connecticut coastline, Save the Sound suggests that ...

In the U.S., Winter Storm Fern set snow records in parts of the country last weekend, quickly followed by one of the longest cold-air outbreaks in decades. A bomb cyclone is expected to hit the ...

“Storms are a natural part of Earth's system and are not going away,” William Ripple, co-lead author of the 2025 State of the ...

Sea-level rise has accelerated across Africa in recent decades, thanks to global warming and, in particular, to the melting ...

Do snowy owls live in Antarctica? What’s the most alarming measurement scientists are watching for? What do you eat and drink? Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong answers some questions from students ...