Thomas Mulligan explains how Earth's orbital changes trigger ice ages every 100,000 years through astronomical cycles.

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences solves a long-standing climate mystery: Why don't ...

Earth’s climate has never been static,it moves in long, predictable cycles shaped by powerful forces far beyond our control.

The model Kite’s team built was unique in that it captured evolution of the Martian landscape and climate over an extremely ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, ...

El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions are likely in the Northern Hemisphere summer of 2025, with a 56% chance in August-October, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said, meaning ...

In late June, we hosted this year's second Ars Live event, a conversation with climate scientist Zeke Hausfather, who holds ...

As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

Higher solar activity brings more radiation, which can damage satellite electronics and force some satellites to deorbit ...

The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.

Every year since 1991, the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration has offered competitive grants to a small number of ...