Northeast Climate Science Center at UMass Amherst leads climate adaptation study

Determining who is responsible for cleaning up the waste could also lead to political disputes not considered before

Climate change focuses research on ocean areas depleted of oxygen, leading to discovery that topples tough doubts

The planet has many carbon sinks, or routes that transfer heat-trapping carbon from the atmosphere into other parts of the Earth system

An unprecedented, UA-led study, combining projections of future climate with more than 2 million tree-ring records spanning all of North America, has resulted in detailed forecast maps for the continent that reveal how forest growth will be impacted by climate change

Very little is known about how marine microbes interact and carry out fundamental processes in the ocean, particularly in deep, low-oxygen waters where the impacts of climate change are becoming significant

Rice University technique could aid agriculture, wastewater, greenhouse gas studies

Method relies on dominance of Pacific Ocean as a global climate force

Single-celled phytoplankton play a vital role in marine biogeochemical cycling, in marine food webs, and in the global climate system

Rutgers and Harvard scientists lay out strategy for investigating societal consequences