A new study shows a growing share of greenhouse gas emissions is coming from natural, unmanaged ecosystems in response to ...

The image is surreal: a frozen lake, a scientist kneeling on the ice, and then a sheet of flame racing across the surface as ...

Coral Reefs Have Already Crossed the Line The planet has already reached its first climate tipping point with widespread ...

Researchers discovered that pollution from North America's largest oil field has created multiple feedback loops accelerating Arctic warming and sea-ice loss, per a new study. Penn State scientists ...

The Arctic is changing rapidly, and scientists have uncovered a powerful mix of natural and human-driven processes fueling that change. Cracks in sea ice release heat and pollutants that form clouds ...

The climate is changing and nowhere is it changing faster than at Earth's poles. Researchers at Penn State have painted a comprehensive picture of the chemical processes taking place in the Arctic and ...

The massive Red Dog mine is grappling with a problem that’s spreading across the Arctic: thawing permafrost. A glimpse of the mine’s challenges emerged in 2020, when its operator said efforts to ...

Benjamin Houlton, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, lost the race for Iowa State University’s next president on Nov. 11. However, he received more ...

HONG KONG, Nov 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Sanae Takaichi has broken the seal on Taiwan, and no amount of diplomatic legwork can change that. By labelling a potential attack by the People’s ...

Engineers use feedback loops — typically negative feedback is more useful, but positive feedback is needed for oscillators. Negative feedback in an amplifier circuit, which has a negative loop gain, ...

Earth may be on the verge of crossing several climate change tipping points that could have irreversible and devastating consequences. Here's everything you need to know about these "points of no ...