NASA employees received a memo from acting agency administrator Janet Petro, Wednesday, mandating the closure of all diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives and contracts.

Climate scientist Ben Hamlington works on understanding the impacts of climate change. Losing his house in the Eaton Fire has ...

The new Trump administration could upend NASA's priorities, reshaping the Artemis moon program, climate science funding and ...

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

Prolonged drought and powerful Santa Ana winds set up extreme conditions that have fueled the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Those conditions were compounded by climate change.

NASA noted that a particularly strong El Niño — a natural climate fluctuation — that began in fall 2023 likely pushed the average temperature up in 2024. Plus, scientists are still studying ...

Record-high temperatures, snow-less winters and frequent natural disasters could be due to global warming. Here's how climate ...

2024 was the first year to pass a milestone set by world leaders to try to keep the worst impacts of climate change at bay, ...

Earth has recorded its first temperatures in excess of thresholds set in the Paris climate agreement. Here's how warm it was ...

Scientists are issuing a stark warning about the changing climate after the planet reached a key warming benchmark in 2024.

The climate policy pendulum is swinging back again with Trump in office. Money, lobbying and talking about red vs. blue states all play a role in the political and public divide.

funding levels for Earth and climate science and the very operation of NASA itself. Battles will play out over the coming months and years to decide the direction and extent of a number of U.S ...