Despite steps toward decreasing deforestation, uncontrolled wildfires are threatening environmental gains in Brazilian Amazonia, one of the world’s most critical carbon sinks and a region of high biological and cultural diversity.

When Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida in September 2022, it unleashed a variety of Vibrio bacteria that can cause illness and death in humans, according to a new study published in the journal mBio.

A new GEOMAR study, now published in the journal npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, has investigated how future changes in weather patterns could affect the tropical Pacific Ocean and its ecosystems. 

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently presented its second report on the status of global water resources.

For several months in 2023, global sea surface temperatures reached record-high levels, fueled by decades of human-caused climate warming and a recent boost from the natural climate phenomenon El Niño. 

A month after the start of spring, fires raged across Australia’s Northern Territory.

Scientist have unveiled a new climate change-monitoring sensor which can be airlifted onto icy glaciers using drones to measure the impact of global warming.

As climate change warms the Earth, higher-latitude regions will be at greater risk for toxins produced by algal blooms, according to new research led by Carnegie’s Anna Michalak, Julian Merder, and Gang Zhao.

They found that almost all the ice shelves on the western side of Antarctica experienced ice loss.

The massive 2015 flooding of the Sagavanirktok River in northern Alaska had immediate impacts, including closure of the Dalton Highway for several days, but it also contributed to longer-term ground subsidence in the permafrost-rich region.