The idea is that if everyone aims for net-zero by 2050 and comes reasonably close to achieving it, the world will be spared a climate nightmare. This strategy has only worked to a limited extent ...

Scientists uncover signs that Earth’s resilience to carbon emissions may be unraveling faster than climate models suggest. A ...

In January 2021, a new administration, and maybe a new president, will be sworn in and the continued search for an international energy and climate strategy will go through another iteration. Under ...

The climate system is powered by radiation from the sun, of which approximately 49% is absorbed by the Earth's surface, and 20% is absorbed by the atmosphere (Kiehl & Trenberth 1997).

Two new studies of the North and South Poles remind us that the global climate system remains unpredictable, defying simplistic expectations that change moves only in one direction.

A vital system of ocean currents in the Atlantic could collapse within a few decades – an event that would be catastrophic for global weather and “affect every person on the planet.” ...

The world is on course to trigger several climate "tipping points" if global government policies stay on their current course, according to a new study April 23.

Regional manifestations of climate change are not always in agreement with scientists' expectations. Credit: Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08680-1 ...

Corporate climate targets are a mess. Could tracking ‘spheres of influence’ help? New research proposes a new, more expansive way to look at companies’ contribution to global net-zero.