Drought and heat put stress on plants and reduce grain yield. 

Estuaries on the south-east coast of Australia are warming at twice the rate of oceans and the atmosphere, a new study has found.

Monsoon rainfall has become more unpredictable in India.

The year to date also ranked 2nd-warmest for the globe.

A group of trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass—and carbon storage—in some tropical rainforests, a team of scientists says in a paper published this week in the journal Science.

Photosynthesis on Earth is regulated by plant phenology—how plant life cycles interact with the climate—and environmental conditions, both of which changed substantially in recent decades.

NASA’s Terra satellite passed over the Southern Pacific Ocean and captured a visible image of extra-tropical cyclone Harold.

Over the past several weeks, NASA satellite measurements have revealed significant reductions in air pollution over the major metropolitan areas of the Northeast United States.

CIRES researchers publish state-of-the-science report for Colorado River water resource managers, planners.

A European Union (EU) programme aimed at reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has made significant progress despite low prices in carbon markets, according to a study at the Universities of Strathclyde and Pittsburgh.