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A key question in any discussion about climate is "How much rain fell?" But perhaps there is an even more important one. Like any household budget, the global water economy is based on "income," that ...

Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their assessments draw heavily on data from Earth-observing satellites—and the ...

Something unexpected happened in the climate science community over the past two years. While global temperatures soared to unprecedented levels in 2023 and 2024, researchers found themselves unable ...

When English author J.R.R. Tolkien crafted his fantasy world Middle-earth, he argued storytellers are essentially “sub-creators” – they build fictional realms with internally consistent laws. For a ...

Click the downloadable graphic: What is attribution science? Humans have increased Earth’s temperature, mainly by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and methane gas. The resulting heat-trapping ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First up, the European Union’s ...