Africa needs long term investment in scientific infrastructure and science careers to allow the continent to adapt to climate change and its effect on weather systems.

Researchers at McGill University have come up with an innovative approach to improve the energy efficiency of carbon conversion, using waste material from pulp and paper production.

Global warming and extreme heat events, alongside the continued expansion of deforestation in the world, may be devastating for many species of animals, especially those that know how to climb trees.

The interaction between the oceans and the atmosphere plays a vital role in shaping the Earth’s climate. 

New analysis based on simple equations has reduced uncertainty about how clouds will affect future climate change.

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this nadir photograph of the Salta Province in northern Argentina while in orbit over South America.

Each year in January and February, satellites begin to detect waves of smoke and fire in Southeast Asia, particularly in highland forests in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand.

A broader past could mean a brighter future for Canada lynx in the U.S., according to recent research.

Though of touted as a fix for climate change, planting trees could, in some regions, make warming more severe, a new study finds.

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg warn that today's hunting quotas of about 3,000 animals pose a risk to the long-term survival of the grey seal in the Baltic Sea.