Butterflies with smaller or lighter coloured wings are likely to be ‘losers’ when it comes to climate change, with the Lycaenidae family, which contains over 6,000 species of butterflies, the majority of which live in the tropics, found to be particularly vulnerable.

​​Rising ocean temperatures are sweeping the seas, breaking records and creating problematic conditions for marine life.

An international team of researchers has chosen the location which best represents the beginnings of what could be a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene.

The world just sweltered through its hottest June in the 174-year global climate record. 

A groundbreaking study published today reveals the critical yet severely understudied factor of salinity changes in oceans and coastlines caused by climate change.

Rates of Chinook salmon bycatch in the Pacific hake fishery rise during years when ocean temperatures are warmer, a signal that climate change and increased frequency of marine heatwaves could lead to higher bycatch rates, new research indicates.

Scientists at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have developed a radar technique that lets them image hidden features within the upper few feet of ice sheets.

June 2023 was record hot for some parts of the U.S., while other locations were roiled by severe weather and poor air quality, according to experts from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.

There has been much buzz about the warming planet’s melting Arctic region opening shipping routes and lengthening travel seasons in ocean passageways that ice once blocked. Expanded fishing, trade and tourism is envisioned.

In Georgia, a snake hotspot in the United States, for each degree a day heats up, the odds of getting bitten by a venomous snake increase by nearly 6%.