Alaska had one of its warmest years of the previous 100 in 2025, the Alaska Climate Research Center reports in its year-end summary.
Alaska Climate Report: 2025 Ran Warm
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Rising Simultaneous Wildfire Risk Compromises International Firefighting Efforts
The most high-risk conditions for fires are increasingly happening across countries at the same time, making resulting wildfires even more challenging to tackle, new research reveals.
New Knowledge About Northern Europe's Radiator: Volcanic Eruptions in the Past May Have Pushed Ocean Current Towards Collapse
New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age may have triggered sudden climate change by disrupting the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), causing temperatures to fluctuate between hot and cold for thousands of years.
What Freezing Plants in Blocks of Ice Can Tell us About the Future of Svalbard’s Plant Communities
How will a warming Arctic affect plant growth on Svalbard? Researchers encased plant plots in a thick layer of ice during the winter and used little greenhouses to heat up those plots in the summer.
Even in Antarctica, Insects Are Eating Microplastics
Microscopic particles of plastic have been found across the Earth, from the clouds over Mount Fuji to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.
Keeping an Eagle Eye on Carbon Stored in the Ocean
Geologic reservoirs that trapped petroleum for millions of years are now being repurposed to store the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
