One of the big unknowns about the future Arctic is whether plant communities around the Northern Hemisphere will continue to increase their carbon uptake as atmospheric CO2 rises.

Recent years have seen a spate of coral bleaching events, where reefs stressed by unusually warm waters turned white.

Disappearing habitats and use of pesticides are driving the loss of pollinator species around the world, posing a threat to “ecosystem services” that provide food and wellbeing to many millions – particularly in the Global South – as well as billions of dollars in crop productivity.

Sea surface temperatures are a fair predictor of the readiness of the ocean to fuel and sustain storms.

Forests are not only key to moderating our climate by sequestering atmospheric carbon, but they also create a cooling effect by increasing low-level cloud.

Researchers have shown that human-caused climate change will have important consequences for how volcanic gases interact with the atmosphere.

Fires in the country have consumed five times as much land as they do in an average year.

Using satellite data from the past two decades, scientists are starting to pinpoint which crops and farming styles have lasting impacts on forests.

In addition to being visually stunning, schools of herring, herds of wildebeest and countless other groups of organisms that act in concert can help complex ecosystems maintain their diversity and stability, new research by Oregon State University shows.

A new UBC study on the impact of climate change on coral reefs is raising sticky questions about conservation.