Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Last year's ...

A new study shows rapid temperature changes between days are rising worldwide. These sharp swings affect regions where most people live.

Yakutia in Russia’s far east is considered the world’s most cold inhabited region on Earth. Recently, the region is grappling ...

The new dataset, published in Earth System Science Data by 16 scientists, shows a significantly cooler Earth from the late 1700s through 1849 compared with 1850-1900 — the latter being what scientists ...

A view of one part of the Paleontology collection in the Museum of Natural History, arranged by the addition of representative specimens from other parts of the three floors of fossils in the East ...

One of Death Valley's claims to fame is holding the record for the world's hottest air temperature that was recorded in 1913 (approximately 57°C in Furnace Creek, Calif). Because of that, it's been ...

PARIS—Earth’s temperature was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the preindustrial era in the 12 months ending January, the first time temperatures averaged over a yearlong period have breached ...

For those who live in the country's northernmost states, it may seem like your own backyard is the coldest place on Earth during the winter. Known in the U.S. for the year’s lowest temperatures, ...

A new study confirms that the planet harbors a 'stabilizing feedback' mechanism that acts over hundreds of thousands of years to keep global temperatures within a steady, habitable range. The Earth's ...

Earth's deep mantle stored enough water in rocks to equal one ocean during our planet's early molten days, helping explain ...