For the first time on a global scale, 20 years of observations on Mars have been condensed into a single study led by ...

Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...

Earth’s frozen places — ice sheets, glaciers and permafrost — are melting: a clear sign of climate change and a planet ...

At some point, melting ice in the North Atlantic—caused by increased global warming—will cause so much freshwater to be ...

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Abstract: Surface heat flux density is critical for aerospace components, especially engine blades and turbine disks that operate at high temperatures. Conventional water-cooled sensors are ...

Heat-related factors might influence seismic activity ... In a recent project, Saldanha and collaborators looked at how fluctuations in solar activity could alter Earth’s surface temperature in ways ...

The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet, and as a result, sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is decreasing. Sea ice loss has far-reaching effects on the planet because the ice helps ...

We tend to think of the moon as a cold, dusty rock, but in fact, its surface can get ... on the incident solar flux. [Related: The moon was once covered in an ocean of magma: new data supports ...

The Earth’s climate system is highly complex, with its key components—the ocean, atmosphere, and vegetation—closely interconnected. Changes in one element can trigger widespread effects throughout the ...

Something unusual is happening in the oceans. Strange deep-sea creatures are surfacing, and marine life is behaving unpredictably. From the rare sighting of the so-called “doomsday fish” to ...

Scientists recorded the warmest ocean temperatures in human history last year, according to research published in the Advances in Atmospheric Sciences journal. "The broken records in the ocean have ...