In its latest accounting, the International Union for Conservation of Nature finds that more than 44,000 species worldwide are threatened with extinction.

Fluctuating sunlight poses a challenge for plants and green algae, which must quickly adjust their photosynthetic systems to remain efficient in changing conditions.

Ocean acidification, mammal respiration, and aerosol formation all depend on chemistry that occurs at air-water interfaces.

Record breaking marine heatwaves will cause devastating mass coral bleaching worldwide in the next few years, according to a University of Queensland coral reef scientist.

Tropical coral reefs are among our most spectacular ecosystems, yet a rapidly warming planet threatens the future survival of many reefs.

The elephants are gone.

Coral reefs, among the most diverse and valuable ecosystems on Earth, are under threat due to the changing climate.

Bacteria that benefit plants are thought to be a critical contributor to crops and other ecosystems, but climate change may reduce their numbers, according to a new study by an international team of researchers.

The cool of the forest is a welcome escape on a hot day.

Scleractinian corals, or hard corals, have been disappearing globally over the past four decades, a result of climate change, pollution, unsustainable coastal development and overfishing.