Weather describes the day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere. Weather can change quickly - one day it can be dry and sunny and the next day it may rain.

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

A key reason that we have different climate zones is that the Earth is tilted on its axis as it orbits the Sun. Incoming energy from the Sun is more concentrated at the Equator than it is towards ...

“We are reaching the end of what we thought was a safe zone for humanity ... surge is a blip or whether it marks a change in Earth’s climate system that means global warming is speeding ...

While the sources of nutrient enrichment today may be different, the mechanics that created what scientists call “oxygen-deficient zones” remain the same, according to Boston College Assistant ...

"Apparently, such zones in the Earth's mantle are much more widespread than previously thought," he added. The researchers speculate that the strange material may have been buried in the mantle ...

Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO A super-Earth planet ... of the habitable zone, orbits at 0.72 astronomical units (108 million km/67 million miles) from our sun. The climate on such a world ...