Climate change is projected to lead to more frequent and severe droughts in California.

The prolonged period of dry weather in the Czech Republic has resulted in what experts are calling the ‘worst drought in 500 years.’ Scientists are using ESA satellite data to monitor the drought that’s gripped the country.

Surprising glacial and nearly ice-free periods in last 66 million years.

In a recently published study, researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology revealed the largest and hottest shield volcano on Earth.

Vegetation changes can outweigh climate change in rangeland water budgets.

New understanding can aid commercial and recreational fisheries management.

A new study reported this week by evolutionary ecologist Lynn Adler at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Rebecca Irwin of North Carolina State University, with others, suggests that flower strips – rows of pollinator-friendly flowers planted with crops – offer benefits for common Eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) colony reproduction, but some plants do increase pathogen infection risk.

In 2002, Earth Observatory published one of the site’s most popular images: the Great Bahama Bank. Eighteen years later, the science has advanced but the sand has not.

Arctic sea ice helps keep Earth cool, as its bright surface reflects the Sun’s energy back into space.

There’s plenty to learn about the so-called 'murder hornet,' which is the largest in the world.