The new dataset, published in Earth System Science Data by 16 scientists, shows a significantly cooler Earth from the late ...

Even in diseases where the climate risks have been studied, there’s a lot of variability. While higher temperatures have been linked with a higher risk of disease, that’s not always the case. For ...

As Earth’s climate changes, one of the hardest things to figure out is exactly how the planet will change in response. And while we can’t know the future for sure, we can get a lot of good clues from ...

Throughout Earth's history, the planet has been struck by multiple asteroids, some so large, like the Chicxulub Impactor, that Earth's climate was altered to the point of a mass extinction event.

While the Earth has gone through some dramatic climate changes in its 4.6-billion-year history, natural processes like silicate weathering can help return things to a comfortable equilibrium. A new ...

Smithsonian researcher Ingrid Romero studies fossil pollen to reconstruct ancient climates and predict future changes Erin Wunderlich Researcher Ingrid Romero holds a case full of pollen slides at the ...

A sudden climate jolt disrupted harvests and trade, setting in motion the grain routes that helped carry plague into Europe.

Earth has never stood still. Over its 4.5 billion years of history, our planet has been reshaped by different cataclysms and climate shifts. The atmosphere went through several changes, oceans froze ...

Climate change presents the gravest threat to life on Earth in all of human history. The planet is warming to a degree beyond what many species can handle, altering or eliminating habitat, reducing ...

Millions of people around the world will pause on Tuesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet ...