One of the most pervasive misunderstandings of climate — even among some who publish on climate — is the belief that any long-term trend in a measured climate variable indicates a change in climate, ...

Between 2003 and 2021, Earth saw a net boost in photosynthesis, mainly thanks to land plants thriving in warming, wetter conditions—especially in temperate and high-latitude regions. Meanwhile, ocean ...

The lake lies within an ancient settlement zone, making it uniquely suited to study how climate variability influenced water ...

WMO–IRENA 2024 Year in Review highlights growing impacts of climate extremes on clean power systems. Climate variability and long-term climate change are ...

Earth’s slow axial wobbles—known as precession cycles—do not just shape long-term climate trends. A new study led by ...

An introduction to climate variability and ecosystem response / David Greenland ... [et al.] -- I. SHORT-TERM CLIMATE EVENTS -- Hurricane impacts in New England and Puerto Rico / Emery R. Boose -- ...

Forests aren’t keeping up with today’s climate chaos. While temperatures soar within decades, tree populations take 100 to 200 years to shift in response. A sweeping new analysis of ancient pollen and ...

The sea ice surrounding Antarctica has increased in extent and concentration from the late 1970s, when satellite-based measurements began, until 2015. This behavior has presented a conundrum for ...

Abu Dhabi, UAE / Geneva, Switzerland - Climate variability and long-term climate change are increasingly shaping the performance and reliability of ...

Click the downloadable graphic: What is attribution science? Humans have increased Earth’s temperature, mainly by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and methane gas. The resulting heat-trapping ...