Reliable predictions of how the Earth's climate will respond as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increase are based on ...

Actual air temperatures are measured with finely calibrated instruments, but our bodies are more subjective and uncalibrated. So, the same temperature can feel very different to us depending on ...

A 60-million year old fossil palm leaf from Alaska. A new study by researchers including Isabel Montañez at UC Davis has produced the most accurate chart to date of how Earth's temperature has changed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Sep 22, 2024, 01:51pm EDT Sep 27, 2024, 12:28am EDT Reconstructed ...

A new study co-led by the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. Published in ...

Researchers have discovered a change in what scientists already knew about global warming dynamics. It had been widely accepted since the 1950s that global temperature rises were not consistent ...

Scientists have created a new phase of ice that can form at room temperature. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Nature Materials, the new phase, dubbed XXI, requires extreme levels ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Extreme heat waves can cause cases of dehydration, exhaustion, heat stroke and even death. But ...