Stochastic modelling of climate variability seeks to characterise the inherently unpredictable elements of the Earth’s climate system as probabilistic processes. At its core, this approach ...

Environmental scientists are increasingly using enormous artificial intelligence models to make predictions about changes in weather and climate, but a new study by MIT researchers shows that bigger ...

Here’s what we know about the record-setting El Niño on a record-hot planet, and the most important questions scientists are trying to answer. The tropical Pacific has seen heat build for months as a ...

Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster than the global average, whereas others, including large parts of the tropical ...

As a potentially historic El Niño builds in the Pacific, evidence suggests that climate change is ratcheting up the intensity ...

One of the most pervasive misunderstandings of climate — even among some who publish on climate — is the belief that any long-term trend in a measured climate variable indicates a change in climate, ...

Tiny marine plankton that build calcium carbonate shells play an outsized role in regulating Earth’s climate, quietly pulling carbon from the atmosphere and helping lock it away in the deep ocean. New ...

Dryland ecosystems cover 40% of the Earth's land surface and support more than 2 billion people. According to a new study ...