Latest about climate change
New algorithm slashes time to run most sophisticated climate models by 10-fold
Climate models can be a million lines of code long and can take months to run on supercomputers. A new algorithm has dramatically shortened that time.
Yellowstone Lake's weird resistance to climate change could be about to crack
Yellowstone's lake's ice cover has remained unaffected by increasing temperatures due to increased snowfall. But this could make it vulnerable to a sudden shift.
Massive heat wave and a supercell thunderstorm caused deadly, baseball-size hailstones to rain down on Spain
A giant-hail event that hit Girona in northwest Spain in 2022 was fueled by climate change, with a marine heatwave helping to intensify the storm that killed a small child.
'We were in disbelief': Antarctica is behaving in a way we've never seen before. Can it recover?
Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back.
'Uncharted territory': El Niño to flip to La Niña in what could be the hottest year on record
A quick flip from El Niño to La Niña is coming soon, but what does that mean for the U.S.?
What's the largest waterfall in the world?
If your mind has gone straight to the thundering waters cascading down Venezuela's Angel Falls, think again.
Half of China's cities are sinking, putting most of the country's urban population at risk
Major cities across eastern China are sinking due to groundwater extraction and the weight of buildings, potentially exposing millions of people to flooding and damage in the next 100 years.
Anglerfish entered the midnight zone 55 million years ago and thrived by becoming sexual parasites
Anglerfish first colonized the ocean's midnight zone 55 million years ago, during a period of extreme global warming, a new study finds. The bizarre fish adapted to thrive in the deep sea by becoming sexual parasites, the researchers said.
