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CO₂ 426.9ppm
CH₄ 1937.59ppb
Δ Temp +1.48°C
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CO₂ 426.9 ppm +1.7 ppm / yr CH₄ 1937.59 ppb +4.43 ppb / yr Δ Temp +1.48°C Peak +1.73°C Pop 8.1B +67M / yr CO₂ 426.9 ppm +1.7 ppm / yr CH₄ 1937.59 ppb +4.43 ppb / yr Δ Temp +1.48°C Peak +1.73°C Pop 8.1B +67M / yr

CO₂

426.9ppm
+1.7 / year

CH₄

1937.59ppb
+4.43 / year

Temp

+1.48°C
Peak +1.73°C

Population

8.1B
+67M / year

Climate Science

Latest climate science research, data, and scientific findings from leading institutions

Ribbon-Cutting Event for NASA Deep Space Network's Deep Space Station 23

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NASA Deep Space Network's New Goldstone Antenna Goes Online

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Panorama Showcasing the 34-Meter Antennas of the DSN's Goldstone Complex

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Hundreds of hidden earthquakes found at Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier

Hundreds of previously overlooked seismic events have been detected beneath Antarctica, including 245 near the marine edge of the Thwaites Glacier. Many appear to be glacial earthquakes caused when huge...

How scientists unraveled the cause of the devastating flood in Tibet and Nepal

Global cooperation revealed a landslide, not a glacial collapse, likely initiated the cascade of events

To doom invasive fish, scientists are breeding 'supermales'

Technique shown to eradicate exotic trout—by producing all male populations

Climate change is strengthening El Niño, coral records suggest

1000-year archive from the Galápagos portends greater weather disruptions from the Pacific climate cycle

Key brain circuit regulating hibernation found at last

Discovery in hamsters suggests path toward inducing hibernation in mammals that don’t do it naturally

Dreams of making drugs and tissues in space get closer to reality

Maturing techniques and cheaper launches fuel microgravity research—and hopes of orbital manufacturing

The Forested Floodplains of Congaree National Park

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Scientists find a huge hidden ice reservoir beneath Utah's mountains

Beneath the rocky slopes of Mount Timpanogos lies far more ice than anyone walking across the surface might suspect. Researchers used gravity measurements to map the buried glacier in 3D...

NSF's new plan to fund graduate students to work in industry covers familiar ground

Agency gives university-industry consortium $47 million to reinvent existing internship program

NSF shrinks support for social sciences in prestigious graduate fellowship program

New solicitation excludes students in seven fields and science education

NASA's Roman telescope readies a sweeping view of the universe

With a view 100 times larger than Hubble, the observatory will survey the cosmos for distant worlds and clues to dark energy

Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert

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How does football cause brain disease—and why is it so hard to diagnose?

A startling study suggests at least one in four NFL players develops CTE, but doctors still can’t identify it in living athletes

The first insects had way more than six legs

Previously collected fossils prove a treasure trove for understanding the origin of insects

Oh, swell: Scientists identify a new way for your car to corrode

Water droplets sliding across surfaces can gain enough static electricity to break down anticorrosion coatings

Shingles vaccine linked to reduced heart risks

New data add weight to idea that immunization protects against more than just the chickenpox virus

Manhattan-sized ice island breaks off Greenland's Petermann Glacier

A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier after years of growing fractures weakened its floating ice tongue. Scientists expect two more huge sections could soon detach,...

Researchers presented 6000 papers at a major meeting. Could AI reproduce their findings?

Hackathon results suggest AI agents could make verifying research far more routine

Worldwide study of diseases gets historic funding influx

Gates Foundation pledges $540 million to a project often criticized for its opacity

In a global first, Mexico approves use of RNA-based fungicide

Oifirax, created by GreenLight Biosciences, uses RNA molecules to kill the fungus responsible for powdery mildew on grapes

This is what a Jurassic forest may have sounded like

Researchers re-create the chorus of noise produced by ancient insects

A Changing World for Emperor Penguins

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To predict tree death, scientists tapped gamma rays to peer underground

Airborne radiation sensors could help forecast and prevent drought-driven tree mortality

Fraudulent images are rife on antibody sellers' websites, researcher says

New tally reveals nearly 19,000 altered images in reagent catalogs

Forces deep inside Earth helped Antarctica freeze before the Arctic

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic. Slow-moving waves deep inside Earth gradually lifted East Antarctica, building mountains and a high...

Galaxy Gallery: Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA's Chandra

The post Galaxy Gallery: Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA’s Chandra appeared first on NASA Science.

A Manhattan-sized ice island just broke free from Greenland

A huge section of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier has snapped off, forming an ice island about the size of Manhattan. Satellites watched cracks spread rapidly before the 76-square-kilometer slab finally broke...

Michigan's Les Cheneaux Islands

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China abruptly delays mission to probe Moon's hidden water

Chang’e-7, which will investigate the origin of and abundance of lunar ice, set back until 2027

Climate warming drives thermal shocks and accelerated freshwater habitat fragmentation

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 24 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02731-9Assessing 9,809 freshwater fish species globally, this study shows risk to a high proportion of species in the tropics, and severe extremes...

Perseverance Captures Another Phobos Transit

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MAIA Air Sensor at Work in Addis Ababa

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Mapping Air Pollution With MAIA Sensors in Addis Ababa

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What Lake Bonneville Left Behind

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Neurologist with antivaccine views to lead NIH's child health institute

Appointment of John Gaitanis increases concern that scientific qualifications are no longer driving leadership picks

Deadly tick-borne virus gains ground in Europe as climate warms

Kosovo shows how surveillance can uncover hidden circulation—and help countries prepare before human cases appear

For investigators in NIH's autism initiative, funding comes with a 'big spotlight'

First public presentation of studies on environmental factors touts rigorous science amid charged political climate

AI chatbots are becoming experts at changing people's minds. What's their secret?

ChatGPT and other AIs use a flood of facts, and the occasional lie, to persuade humans

Europe's Scorching Summer

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A lost mega-cliff may explain the Grand Canyon's missing billion years

A colossal cliff system created as the supercontinent Rodinia broke apart may have exposed the heart of the Grand Canyon nearly a billion years before the Colorado River carved it....

Footprints may reveal biggest known mammal from age of the dinosaurs

Beefy tracks point to a Cretaceous critter as big as a large dog or mountain lion

Scientific spat erupts over claim that bones have key immune vessels

Discovery of lymphatic tubes suggested new possibilities for bone healing, but challenge has prompted dueling papers and publication delay in prominent journal

NASA abandons orbit-boosting rescue mission for space observatory

Novel rescue craft unable to connect with doomed Swift Observatory

Developing double materiality for climate-related financial policy

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02725-7The ‘double materiality’ framework helps guide financial policymakers in assessing the risks of climate change, but masks complex interactions within the financial...

FDA pick is Heidi Overton

Trump aide will be nominated to take over troubled drug regulation agency