What is going on with the Earth’s climate? Archives

Researchers found that the 2023 El Niño event was fueled primarily by heat stored in the ocean rather than in Pacific winds.

Scientists found that ants under heat stress were less active, which left their host acacia plants vulnerable to herbivores and other…

Scientists designed an electrocatalyst infused with bismuth metal that helps convert CO2 to formate, providing a scalable new way to recycle…

The deep sea is one of Earth’s largest reservoirs of carbon, yet microbes don’t consume very much of it. Researchers showed that this is…

Researchers found that cave-dwelling microbes use atmospheric trace gases like methane and carbon monoxide as sources of energy and carbon.

Researchers demonstrated that microbial DNA from a 300-year-old ice core can help track how microbes respond to global change.

Scientists found that growing fractures caused an East Antarctic ice shelf to collapse.

Geologists simulated the chemistry of Earth's past oceans and atmosphere using mineral data from the ancient seafloor. They found a…

Scientists modeled forest productivity before and after wildfires. They found that plant regrowth depended on the type of biome and how much…

Researchers modeled groundwater temperature trends from 2000 to 2100. They estimated that groundwater could warm by up to 3.5°C over the…