UArizona researchers studied how young trees respond to a hotter, drier climate. 

Naturally occurring methane hydrate deposits are potential sources of energy. However, their observation in natural environments remains challenging.

Humans have raised the level of mercury in the atmosphere sevenfold, largely by burning coal, a new study finds.

The world’s largest dam removal and restoration project currently underway on the Klamath River in Oregon and California will aid salmon populations that have been devastated by disease and other factors.

The distribution of salt by ocean currents plays a crucial role in regulating the global climate.

Eruption activity escalated at the Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in autumn 2023.

Ocean warming has accelerated dramatically since the 1990s, nearly doubling during 2010–2020 relative to 1990–2000, according to new UNSW Sydney-led research.

Mountains of used plastic bottles get thrown away every day, but microbes could potentially tackle this problem. 

Re-establishing plantings of trees, grasses and other vegetation is essential for restoring degraded ecosystems, but a new survey of almost 2,600 restoration projects from nearly every type of ecosystem on Earth finds that most projects fail to recognize and control one of the new plants’ chief threats: hungry critters that eat plants.  

As the world warms and ice sheets melt, the ocean continually rises.