The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ...

Buried Louisiana marshes show North America, not Antarctica, fueled the world’s dramatic sea level surge 9,000 years ago.

The global die-off of coral reefs signals a critical shift in Earth’s climate system with global environmental consequences along with economic ones.

The Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) announced on the 23rd that climate change-induced early collapse of Arctic sea ice affects the biological pump, with the findings published in the ...

Melting ice sheets in North America played a far greater role in driving global sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age ...

High above the Arctic, powerful winds are breaking apart — and the effects could reshape the planet. This film investigates how a collapsing polar vortex might lead to a new Ice Age.