For most people, the Sahara is the ultimate symbol of endless sand, scorching heat and one of the harshest environments on ...

Milankovitch cycles shape Earth’s climate over vast stretches of time, but can they really explain extreme weather in the near future? This video examines orbital changes, axial tilt, and precession ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes. Aa Aa ...

Monument Plaza at Hoover Dam features something most visitors walk right over without noticing: a terrazzo floor designed as a celestial map marking the dam's 1936 completion using Earth's axial ...

Earth will reach its farthest point from the Sun on July 6, a yearly astronomical event known as aphelion. At around 152.1 million kilometres from the Sun, the planet will be about 5 million ...

Some individuals—especially adolescents and young adults—struggle with what has been dubbed “climate anxiety”: ongoing feelings of fear, guilt, and grief related to environmental changes caused by ...

Donald Trump has said that human activity is only one cause of climate change and that he doesn’t believe climate change is making extreme weather events worse. We’re collecting Vice President Kamala ...

Authors submitting primary research articles to Nature Climate Change have the option of publishing their research using either: 1 – Traditional subscription publishing model – an article is submitted ...