The effects of climate change are sometimes difficult to grasp, but now a virtual reality forest, created by geographers, can let people walk through a simulated forest of today and see what various futures may hold for the trees.

The late fall season sampling indicates that delays in sea ice formation are supporting late-season biological production that has not been commonly observed before.

Warm, moist rivers of air may have continent-wide effects and influence climate change.

Carbon dioxide fuels photosynthesis, the process by which plants generate their food in the form of carbohydrates. 

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Climate change is causing hurricanes that make landfall to take more time to weaken, reports a study published today in leading journal, Nature.

Across the continental United States, massive, often-devastating precipitation events — the kind that climate scientists have long called “hundred-year storms” — could become three times more likely and 20% more severe by 2079.

August wildfires burned tens of thousands of acres in seven UC natural reserves, including a quarter of UC Berkeley’s Hastings Natural History Reservation in Carmel Valley.

The category 4 storm caused deadly flooding and landslides in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala.

With less than a month remaining in the Atlantic hurricane season, the formation of Subtropical Storm Theta on November 10 over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean made the 2020 season the most active on record.