Risky feedback loops that are accelerating global climate change may not be fully accounted for in current climate models, according to a recent study published in the scientific journal One Earth. A ...

The world's oceans may be quietly amplifying climate change in ways scientists are only beginning to understand. In a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University ...

Climate change is increasingly affecting the ability of Earth’s natural carbon sinks to soak up excess carbon dioxide, and this means more of this greenhouse gas emitted by human activity is staying ...

Atmos reports on ecologist Tom Crowther's optimistic perspective on climate change, emphasizing positive feedback loops that ...

Vicious cycles are accelerating climate change. One is happening at the north pole, where rising temperatures caused by record levels of fossil fuel combustion are melting more and more sea ice.

Environmental scientists are sounding the alarm that humanity needs to take action to avoid crossing climate tipping ...

Tufts scientists say soil, holding 80 percent of Earth’s carbon, releases increasing amounts of greenhouse gases as droughts trigger desiccation cracks in soils The accuracy of climate models depends ...

Robyn Barbato, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, drills into subsurface permafrost at the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in Fox, Alaska.

Efforts to cut emissions in one region can echo far beyond it, influencing public support for climate action elsewhere. A new ...