Climate Science
Latest climate science research, data, and scientific findings from leading institutions
Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing âserious ethical concernsâ
Highly cited paper was used as evidence that the widely used herbicide Roundup is safe
IPCC opens registration of experts to review the first draft of the Methodology Report on Inventories for Short-lived Climate Forcers
GENEVA, December 5 â The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened this week registration for experts to serve as Expert Reviewers on the First-Order Draft (FOD) of the 2027...
Structural lock-ins in tourism decarbonization and the alternative
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02502-yDecarbonization of the tourism sector faces challenges of structural lock-ins. This Comment challenges the conventional narratives of green tourism and emphasizes to...
Reducing the large short-lived impact of methane emissions with temporary carbon removals
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 December 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02511-xWe consider potential non-permanence of carbon removal not as an obstacle but as a feature to focus on the compensation for the...
Whatâs the fuss about aluminum in vaccines?
Despite extensive safety record, U.S. health advisers are set to discuss claimed link to asthma
100 years on, quantum mechanics is redefining realityâwith us at the center
Increasingly popular theories hold that experimental outcomes really do depend on the observer
Medieval volcano may have indirectly sparked Europeâs Black Death
Crop failures caused by eruptions possibly forced grain imports from plague-ridden regions
âIncredibleâ carved canoe dates back to first settlement of islands near New Zealand
Fibers found on waka in Chatham Islands roughly align in age with earliest known human arrival
3.3 billion-year-old crystals reveal a shockingly active early Earth
Fresh evidence suggests early Earth wasnât locked under a rigid stagnant lid but was already experiencing intense subduction. Ancient melt inclusions and advanced simulations point to continents forming far earlier...
New data reveals one of the smallest ozone holes in decades
This yearâs ozone hole over Antarctica ranked among the smallest since the early 1990s, reflecting steady progress from decades of global action under the Montreal Protocol. Declining chlorine levels and...
Watch this tiny robot somersault through the air like an insect
Device weighing less than a paperclip is faster and more agile than its predecessors
To boost research, states are building their own AI-ready supercomputers
New York aims to democratize access to hardware often limited to federal labs and Big Tech
Satellite fleets pose problems for space telescopes, too
Proposed âmegaconstellationsâ would contaminate images from telescopes in low-Earth orbit, including Hubble
Early Earthâs sky may have created the first ingredients for life
Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earthâs young atmosphere could make key molecules linked to life. These sulfur-rich compounds, including certain amino acids, may have...
As Energy Department prioritizes AI and fusion, basic research faces squeeze
Reorganization could shift mission of the United Statesâs largest funder of the physical sciences
Brainâs âplumbingâ inspires new Alzheimerâs strategiesâand controversial surgeries
Animal studies support idea that boosting fluid clearance could blunt neurological disorders
A hidden Antarctic shift unleashed the carbon that warmed the world
As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that helped release long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Deep-sea sediments show that...
New research reveals the hidden organism behind Lake Erieâs toxic blooms
Dolichospermum, a type of cyanobacteria thriving in Lake Erieâs warming waters, has been identified as the surprising culprit behind the lakeâs dangerous saxitoxinsâsome of the most potent natural neurotoxins known....
Seeking greater independence, Europe boosts space agency budget
X-ray observatory and mission to Saturnâs moon Enceladus win as ESAâs science program sees growth
How some treatments can lead to a âfunctional cureâ for HIV
Specific class of immune cells help keep virus at bay for months or yearsâeven in the absence of drugs
Chairâs remarks â First Lead Author Meeting, Working Groups I, II & III
1 December 2025 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Madame la Ministre, Monsieur le Maire, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for your warm welcome and for your support of the Intergovernmental...
IPCC authors meet in Paris to begin drafting the Seventh Assessment Report
Paris, Dec 1 â More than six hundred experts appointed to the three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are gathering in Paris this week to...
Satellites spot rapid âDoomsday Glacierâ collapse
Two decades of satellite and GPS data show the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf slowly losing its grip on a crucial stabilizing point as fractures multiply and ice speeds up. Scientists...
Scientists find coastal seas acidifying shockingly fast
New findings show that some coastal regions will become far more acidic than scientists once thought, with upwelling systems pulling deep, CO2-rich waters to the surface and greatly intensifying acidification....
âGame changerâ: System to track small animals from space takes flightâagain
The project lost its data stream in 2022 after the war in Ukraine began
Antiviral drug abandoned by pharma shows promise against dengue
A daily pill can prevent the crippling disease, but its maker wonât bring it to market
Polluted air quietly erases the benefits of exercise
Long-term inhalation of toxic air appears to dull the protective power of regular workouts, according to a massive global study spanning more than a decade and over a million adults....
Author Correction: Increasing risk of mass human heat mortality if historical weather patterns recur
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02524-6Author Correction: Increasing risk of mass human heat mortality if historical weather patterns recur
Press briefing and media opportunities as IPCC authors gather in Paris to begin Seventh Assessment Report
GENEVA, Nov 27 â More than six hundred experts appointed to the three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will gather in Paris from 1 to...
Microclimates slow and alter the direction of climate velocities in tropical forests
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 27 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02496-7The authors model near-ground and within-canopy microclimates in a tropical montane rainforest. They show that short-distance shifts towards dense vegetation or vertically...
Artificial ânoseâ tells people when certain smells are present
Technology that uses a less known sensory system to substitute for olfaction could one day help anosmic people detect some odors
âSuperarmâ helps male octopuses deliver sperm to females
Specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing males to find sex organs in the dark
Russiaâs plan for âcolossalâ science spending boost draws skepticism
Government pledges to more than triple research spending by 2030
Who built a mysterious ancient city in western China?
DNA recovered from people buried at the site reveals surprises
A puzzling, 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot belonged to a contemporary of the famed Lucy
Identity of the toe bones and other fossils could shake up the human family tree
Widespread revisions of self-reported emissions by major US corporations
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 26 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02494-9Self-reported emissions data are widely used to evaluate corporationsâ climate performance, yet concerns exist regarding their credibility. By examining major US companies,...
Scientists discover a hidden deep sea hotspot bursting with life
Beneath the waters off Papua New Guinea lies an extraordinary deep-sea environment where scorching hydrothermal vents and cool methane seeps coexist side by side â a pairing never before seen....
A global shipping detour just revealed a hidden climate twist
Rerouted shipping during Red Sea conflicts accidentally created a massive real-world experiment, letting scientists study how new low-sulfur marine fuels affect cloud formation. The sudden surge of ships around the...
Vampire bats may have contracted H5N1 bird flu in Peru, raising worries about further spread
Bats could form a bridge between marine and terrestrial mammals, scientists say
Love practically makes these birds go blind
Unusually obstructive plumage compromises the vision of two types of pheasantsâa first in birds
Plan to alter Argentinaâs glacier protection law draws criticism
Nation was first to legally protect frozen landscapes, a key source of water
Giant hidden heat blob slowly travels beneath the U. S.
An immense pocket of hot rock deep beneath the Appalachians may be a wandering relic of the breakup between Greenland and North America 80 million years ago. Researchers suggest this...
Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02506-8Adaptation to climate change goes beyond the migrationânon-migration divide. Families and communities combine mobility with rootedness, drawing on cultural ties, intergenerational learning,...
Funding agencies to drive future climate change research
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02501-zResearch on climate change requires continued support from funding agencies. Nature Climate Change spoke to experts from different organizations across the world...
NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling
Policy drops âpaylinesâ based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals
Popular obesity drug fails in hotly anticipated Alzheimerâs trials
The studies may still hold clues to the powers and limits of GLP-1 drugs
New vapor tool fights mosquitoes by slowly releasing insecticide in homes. Will it catch on?
World Health Organization supports âspatial repellentsâ to prevent malaria, but itâs unclear who will pay for them
Increased efficiency of water use does not stimulate tree productivity
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02504-wThe authors theoretically delineate the maximal increases in tree growth that can be expected from increases in plant intrinsic water-use efficiency, which...