Global climate change isn’t new — the phenomenon has been around for millions of years. But now, a core from the ocean floor in the Santa Barbara Basin provides a remarkable ultra-high-resolution ...

Making predictions about climate variability often means looking to the past to find trends. Now paleoclimate researchers have found clues in exposed bedrock alongside an Alabama highway that could ...

New research into the Earth's paleoclimate history suggests the potential for rapid climate changes this century, including multiple meters of sea level rise, if global warming is not abated. New ...

Searing statements in this week’s landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report areparticularly alarming, considering the characteristically cautious language of science. The first ...

Throughout most of Earth's geological history, its paleoclimate has remained hospitable to life—largely thanks to continental silicate weathering, which acts as a long-term planetary thermostat.

Instrumental observations, mainly starting after industrial revolution, is usually the primary basis for understanding climate dynamics, building state of art models, and projecting the future.

Glacial dynamics in mountain regions encompass the physical processes governing the flow, accumulation and ablation of ice masses, while paleoclimate reconstructions employ glacial landforms, ...

We use climate models to provide insights into changes in the Arctic Ocean and its sea ice cover as well as into changes in the ocean in past climates. The focus of the group is currently is on ...

An abridged, reader-friendly version of this paper (and published here) is now available. Here's the article and opening section: The past is the key to the future. Contrary to popular belief, climate ...

The average global surface temperature of Earth has risen by .8 degrees Celsius since 1880, and is now increasing at a rate of about .1 degree Celsius per decade. This image shows how 2010 ...