A new study shows rapid temperature changes between days are rising worldwide. These sharp swings affect regions where most people live.

A view of one part of the Paleontology collection in the Museum of Natural History, arranged by the addition of representative specimens from other parts of the three floors of fossils in the East ...

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Last year's ...

A new study confirms that the planet harbors a 'stabilizing feedback' mechanism that acts over hundreds of thousands of years to keep global temperatures within a steady, habitable range. The Earth's ...

PARIS—Earth’s temperature was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the preindustrial era in the 12 months ending January, the first time temperatures averaged over a yearlong period have breached ...

When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers ...

One of Death Valley's claims to fame is holding the record for the world's hottest air temperature that was recorded in 1913 (approximately 57°C in Furnace Creek, Calif). Because of that, it's been ...

Deep beneath our feet, far beyond the reach of any drill, new research suggests that Earth’s center is far more intricate ...

Yakutia in Russia’s far east is considered the world’s most cold inhabited region on Earth. Recently, the region is grappling ...

From the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere, high temperatures can affect any part the globe. Whether you measure it in Celsius or Fahrenheit, sometimes the temperature outside can become ...

Earth’s inner core has long challenged researchers because seismic waves do not move through it uniformly. Compressional waves generated by earthquakes travel roughly 3 to 4 percent faster along Earth ...