Physicists are fond of Gedankenexperimente—thought experiments that are difficult or impossible to perform in the real world. Schrödinger’s cat is a well-known example of a thought experiment, used to ...

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

Monarch butterflies have always been remarkably resilient. Every fall, these delicate orange-and-black travelers set out on a ...

Woods Hole researchers, Adam Subhas (left) and Chris Murray, conducted a series of lab experiments earlier this year to test the impact of an alkaline substance, known as sodium hydroxide, on copepods ...

It never used to be possible to attribute individual weather events to climate change and map their full consequences. Thanks ...

Nitrogen shortage limits young tropical forest growth, slowing carbon capture that could help fight climate change.

Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries ...

How much of a $450 pot would you give to a charity that cuts carbon emissions by investing in renewable energy, and how much would you keep for yourself? That was the question posed in a recent ...

The Trump administration’s withdrawal from the UNFCCC has reopened a long-overdue debate.