A new study by scientists at the University of Bristol has shown that ancient global warming was associated with intense rainfall events that had a profound impact on the land and coastal seas.

Permafrost soils store large quantities of frozen carbon and play an important role in regulating Earth’s climate.

A new study says pink noise may be the key to separating out natural climate variability from climate change that is influenced by human activity.

University of Oregon researchers have found a way to account for how varying sediments underneath the world’s glaciers control how fast glaciers slide.

So here’s the good news: Despite fears to the contrary, California isn’t facing a year-round drought in our warming new world.

An international research team found that planet warming drove major changes in vegetation and future warming may drive similarly dramatic changes around the world.

Researchers compiled and evaluated pollen and plant-fossil records from nearly 600 sites worldwide for their study of vegetation change.

Asthma patients, with a specific genetic profile, exhibit more intense symptoms following exposure to traffic pollution, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and collaborators. The study appeared online in Scientific Reports.

Hurricane Miriam continues to track north through the Central Pacific Ocean and NASA’s Aqua satellite analyzed the storm infrared imagery.

NASA’s Aqua satellite provided valuable infrared temperature data on Category 4 Hurricane Norman that showed its strongest storms were southeast of center.