For the first time, scientists have shown that human influences significantly impact the size of the seasonal cycle of temperature in the lowest layer of the atmosphere

New coal concrete reduces energy demand and greenhouse emissions

As climate change continues to push summer temperatures ever higher, the increased use of air conditioning in buildings could add to the problems of a warming world

Some hurricanes are moving more slowly, spending increased time over land, and leading to catastrophic local rainfall and flooding

Swathes of land in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina are covered with millions of Araucaria, or monkey puzzle trees, thanks to people planting them more than 1,000 years ago

A study finds that Earth's wet land areas are getting wetter and dry areas are getting drier due to a variety of factors

Ammonia, a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, is essential to all life on the planet and is a vital ingredient in most fertilizers

Climate change has been marked by a persistent, if uneven, increase in global temperatures through time

A new study published online Apr. 18 in Nature shows that corals on the northern Great Barrier Reef experienced a catastrophic die-off following the extended marine heatwave of 2016

Pollination depends not only on male bees emerging before female bees and before flowering, but also, crucially, on the orchid flowering before female bees emerge

Columbia Engineers demonstrate the key role of vegetation in responding to rising CO2 levels and show how plants will regulate future dryness

Research results provide an important framework to evaluate other seagrass and estuarine habitats that tend to have lower inherent buffering capacity and large natural variations in chemistry