A new study led by our Geography department shows that the worst effects of global warming on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) could be avoided.

From crop damage to cooling failures at cloud-based data centers, climate change affects a wide variety of economic sectors.

Growth of the Amazon rainforest in our increasingly carbon-rich atmosphere could be limited by a lack of phosphorus in the soil, new research shows.

Side by side, Dylan Jones displayed photos of two oak leaves, plucked from oak savannas on the West Coast.

Exposure to a synthetic chemical found widely in the environment is linked to non-viral hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and published in JHEP Reports.

Elevated temperatures in the Arctic, which caused massive melting of the Greenland ice sheet during a three-day period in July, also have touched off rapid glacial melting in Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago.

High-resolution modeling of a 'blizzard-like' storm that killed 21 ultramarathoners in 2021 shows where coarser models underestimated the storm -- and highlights the need for ultra-high-resolution forecasts for events held in mountainous terrain.

Phytoplankton is the foundation of all life on the planet. 

Dust from all over the world is landing in the Sierra Nevada mountains carrying microbes that are toxic to both plants and humans. 

Researchers from Vancouver, British Columbia today examine the effect of duration of past exposure to air pollution with lung cancer diagnosis in new research presented at the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer 2022.