Read the latest climate science from peer-reviewed studies, IPCC reports, and research institutions. Coverage includes new findings on warming projections, atmospheric science, oceanography, and climate modeling from Nature, Scientific American, and NASA.
Experts say dismantling the ocean observation system will ‘severely degrade’ the accuracy of weather predictions The Trump administration’s plan to dismantle an ocean observation system vital to understanding the climate crisis and marine ecosystems would “severely degrade” the accuracy of weather…
Over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air far from active flames.
A new academic study finds that a partial ecological collapse would be enough to increase the borrowing costs of almost two dozen countries.
Light pollution prompts plants to shed pollen longer and stronger, according to new research.
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions • ‘Happiness is not just about GDP’: ambitious plan or utopia?
Workers prepare to burn imported plastic waste at a dump in East Java, Indonesia, in 2018.
Mangroves could store less carbon—and even begin releasing it—as sea levels rise, suggests new research in Earth's Future.
Small-scale gold mining is a major cause of deforestation in the Amazon, and researchers found that in Guyana it destroys dung beetle communities and prevents their recovery for decades.
Messier 88 is an active galaxy with a central supermassive black hole that is gobbling up gas and dust
The destruction of wetlands in the United States has increased the amount of flood insurance claims by $10 billion over the past 40 years, a phenomenon expected to worsen in tandem with climate change, according to new research.
With World Oceans Day coming up on June 8, policymakers and researchers will be thinking about the state of the ocean and efforts to protect marine environments.
Freshwater from melting Antarctic glaciers may be influencing the Southern Ocean in ways scientists have largely overlooked.
Drainage and repeated fires released large stores of ancient carbon from tropical peatlands in Indonesia over less than two decades, with the estimated loss reaching 30-41 kg of carbon per square metre of affected peatland, researchers have found.
Storm Dave, which swept across northern Europe over the Easter weekend, is an example of what new research from the University of Gothenburg has revealed.
Waterlogged land areas such as marshes, bogs and fens are the world's largest natural source of methane.
