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

An expedition in August/September seeks to increase our understanding about the changing Arctic frontier

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

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

Researchers used a variety of climate-change scenarios to project the impact of sea-level rise and wave-driven flooding on atoll infrastructure and freshwater availability

New research has found that the nesting environment of turtles in agricultural habitats, which can ultimately lower nesting temperatures, can produce more males

The global demographic and economic trends that have resulted in unprecedented destruction of the environment are now creating the necessary conditions for a possible renaissance of nature, paper says

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