When most people think of climate change, they think of rising sea levels and more intense heat waves. 

Around the world, people are being urged to act now to reverse the effects of climate change, but Dr. Gene Likens says those in a position to implement large-scale change will take time to enact measures at a related scale.

Typhoon Bualoi continues to move through the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite measured rainfall rates throughout the storm.

Land is critical to human livelihoods and wellbeing, while actions related to land use also play an important role in the climate system.

Maps show Evaporative Stress Index (ESI) data indicating rapid onset of drough conditions throughout southeast United States.

Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme El Niño events, leading to intensifying droughts, worsening floods, and shifting hurricane patterns, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

There is increasing interest around the world in using timber as a lighter, more sustainable construction alternative to steel and concrete. 

More than 190 top international scientists, led by Professor Mark Sutton of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), are calling on the world to take urgent action on nitrogen pollution.

When clouds loft tropical air masses high into the sky, some of the gases they carry can be transformed into tiny particles, initiating a process that that may end up brightening lower-level  clouds and reflecting more sunlight away from Earth.

In 2019, the hole that developed in the ozone layer over Antarctica was the smallest on record since 1982, according to the NASA/NOAA press release.