The Beaufort Gyre, an important ocean current, is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, scientists ...

The ocean is a vital part of our planet's climate system. Through its global circulation patterns, the ocean draws vast quantities of our planet's heat and carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

In The Visioneers, Harding travels around the world to meet the scientists and engineers who are tackling today’s biggest ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

The ice covering the newly discovered ecosystem belonged to the George VI Ice Shelf, a vast ice shelf "trapped" between the Antarctic Peninsula and Alexander Island. Earlier this year, a piece of ice ...

A week of weather extremes will come with flooding rainfall, severe thunderstorms, heavy snow and ice and high heat. Here’s ...

A large area of high pressure over the south central U.S. is poised to produce significant weather impacts across the west as ...