Something strange is happening in the North Atlantic, and researchers say we may be witnessing a slow, yet dangerous, transformation of the planet’s climate system. A vast circulation of ocean waters, ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has shed light on a crucial mechanism of lowering atmospheric CO 2 during Earth's past ice ages. Today, significant amounts of carbon escape from the ...

Earth may respond to the huge quantities of carbon dioxide (CO 2) that humans are pumping into the atmosphere by "overcorrecting" the imbalance, which could result in the next ice age arriving on time ...