Why did the ice ages occur? If you need a scapegoat, a new study by Stephen Kane of UC Riverside suggests pointing the finger ...

Have you ever wondered why Earth goes through massive climate swings, from freezing ice ages to warmer periods like today?

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

Scientists tracking Earth’s water from space discovered that El Niño and La Niña are synchronizing floods and droughts across ...

Climate troublemakers El Niño and La Niña have been around for a long time. A really, really long time. A new study says the dance between El Niño and its counterpart, La Niña, was present on our ...

Approximately 700,000 years ago, a 'warm ice age' permanently changed the climate cycles on Earth. During this exceptionally warm and moist period, the polar glaciers greatly expanded. A research team ...

Earth’s slow axial wobbles—known as precession cycles—do not just shape long-term climate trends. A new study led by ...

A July 18 post (direct link, archive link) on X, formerly Twitter, features an illustration of the sun. "THE REAL REASON FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: The distance of where you are from the Sun is constantly ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - There have been eight cycles of ice ages and warmer periods over the last 800,000 years, according to NASA. This is based on data from natural records of climate, an example ...

These floods and fires are not simply isolated weather extremes, but signs of a water cycle that is being increasingly ...

Climate change also alters nitrogen in soils and plants, shaping food quality, water safety, and pollution risks worldwide.

This cold spring highlights another climate cycle that has nothing to do with CO2. The cycle that link the two coldest springs is the 60-year Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Both of these cold springs ...