New research shows long-term benefits to species

To paint a clearer picture of how global climate change will affect Earth's ecosystems, a team of 80 international research scientists set out to complete an unparalleled experiment: forcing the world's only enclosed rainforest – housed in the University of Arizona's Biosphere 2 – through a four-month-long controlled drought and recovery.

New NSF-funded research led by Texas A&M’s Yue Zhang will examine aerosol and cloud interactions, which have major implications for climate models and predictions.

Once the second-largest lake in Turkey, it now rarely spans an area much larger than a puddle.

Scientists see an overall decline in Pacific cod and pollock productivity in the Gulf of Alaska as compared to recent decades.

Rapid population growth and expanding cities are eating away at one of Egypt’s most precious resources.

Partners team with low-carbon sailing vessel for major Atlantic Ocean deployment

New research reinforces consensus that humans have created a new climate

When alien plants integrate into an existing ecosystem and successfully spread there, in rare cases this can contribute to the increased uniqueness of the regional flora.

In the summer months, sea ice from the Arctic drifts through Fram Strait into the Atlantic.