Industrial-scale illegal fishing is not a marginal crime carried out by a handful of rogue vessels. It is a deeply...

Earth system science is facing a problem that is both enormous and surprisingly practical: there is now more climate and...

A region of the Arctic Ocean often treated as a symbol of unstoppable summer ice loss has delivered an unexpected...

The Great Barrier Reef has shown tentative signs of recovery after a summer marked by unusually warm ocean temperatures, coral...

A new international assessment of Earth’s climate has delivered a stark message: the planet’s major climate indicators continued to deteriorate...

During the great ice ages of the Pleistocene, Earth’s climate sometimes shifted with startling speed. Temperatures could change dramatically within...

Geological carbon dioxide storage is often presented as one of the largest potential tools for slowing climate change, but a...

A hidden layer of Earth’s atmosphere may be influencing what happens beneath our feet weeks later, according to a study...

For decades, volcanic danger has been associated with spectacular explosions: towering columns of ash, incandescent fountains and fast-moving pyroclastic flows....

The ocean has just yielded another clue to one of its most important—and least visible—chemical conversations. In a study published...