In the warm summertime waters of Lake Erie, cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, can proliferate out of control, creating algal blooms that produce toxins at a rate that can harm wildlife and human health.

When Meredith Holgerson arrived at Cornell in 2020, she began searching for the perfect ponds. 

A recent study from Earth and Planetary Science Letters is the first to directly link earthquakes to climate change-induced glacial melt. 

Climate change threatens agricultural production across sub-Saharan Africa, where most farmers rely on rainfall.

When the Earth's crust tears apart and forms a new ocean, one side of the continent sometimes thins out much more than the other. 

When uncontrolled wildfires moved from the foothills above Los Angeles into the densely populated urban areas below in January 2025, evacuation ensued and a thick layer of toxic smoke spread across the region.

On July 14 this past summer, I pulled up to the Kerrville Kroc Corps Community Center, dodging puddles and sinkholes from a recent thunderstorm in a town where the last thing needed was more rain.

Canada has a marine coastline twice as long as any other country and shares four Great Lakes with the United States.

Sixty-million-year-old rock samples from deep under the ocean have revealed how huge amounts of carbon dioxide are stored for millennia in piles of lava rubble that accumulate on the seafloor.

As British Columbians prepare for the holiday season, climate change is reshaping the Christmas tree industry in unexpected ways.