Earth's climate zones—the horizontal belts of different climates that encircle the planet—consist of tropical, dry, temperate, continental, and polar zones. These major climate zones exist ...

A new study warns that the planet’s climate zones could undergo dramatic shifts within the next 77 years. As global temperatures rise, research shows that up to half of Earth’s land area could ...

A major new study led by NASA has revealed something alarming: Earth’s cloud cover is shrinking, and this is making the ...

Earth and climate sciences are key to addressing scientific issues relating to energy, mineral, ... Students learn about mountains, volcanoes, earth quakes, climate change, lakes, rivers, coastal ...

A new study says Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that’s losing its natural ...

Scientists have revealed that climate change has already impacted all of Earth’s ‘life zones’ and the effects are set to triple under business-as-usual emissions growth.

Earth’s long-term climate controlled by just 12% of the landscape New work makes sense of mismatches between the lab and the planet's behavior.

As climate change warms the Earth, plant hardiness zones are shifting northward. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows where various plants will ...

More than half of Americans are concerned about global warming 02:38. Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into "the danger zone," not just for an ...

A new study says Earth has pushed past 7 of 8 safety limits and into "the danger zone" for an overheating planet and for the well-being of people on it.