“We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security,” President Donald Trump said on Jan. 5, “and Denmark is not going to be able to do it.” This was the icebreaker for a negotiation over ...

Donald Trump has reversed course and abandoned plans to impose tariffs on a group of U.S. allies that had objected to his ...

This is the view described by Durham glaciologist Tom Chudley, when writing about his research showing the Greenland ice ...

The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm occurring east of the Rockies might seem to conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet. But all of these things still happen, even with ...

A 66 million-year-old mystery behind how our planet transformed from a tropical greenhouse to the ice-capped world of today has been unraveled by scientists. Their new study has revealed that Earth's ...

Seven snapshots reveal how climate rollbacks altered the trajectory of U.S. energy, environmental protection, and economic security.

Mountain regions around the world are heating up faster than the lands below them, triggering dramatic shifts in snow, rain, ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

Climate change is usually associated with changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, but our planet's surface also plays a major ...

An array of animals and plants survive winter in the subnivium, nature’s igloo. But climate change is threatening this hidden ...

Wildfires are devastating events that destroy forests, burn homes and force people to leave their communities. They also have ...

After a wildfire, rain washes away soil for years. A new study reveals massive losses and hidden risks in a global map.