Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil health for agriculture and food production.

Rising temperatures could push ocean plankton and other single-celled creatures toward a carbon tipping point that fuels more warming. 

There are many effects of climate change. Perhaps the most broadly known is global warming, which is caused by heat building up in various parts of the Earth system, such as the atmosphere, the ocean, the cryosphere and the land. 

New study confirms protected forests preserve equivalent to one year of global fossil fuel emissions through avoided emissions.

As Earth’s climate continues to warm due to the emission of greenhouse gasses, extreme and anomalous weather events are becoming more common.

There could be billions of shallow lakes and ponds on Earth, though lack of mapping systems makes it hard to know just how many exist.

An early 2014, a great anomaly descended upon the seas: A patch of warm water that manifested in the Gulf of Alaska. Scientists called it “The Blob.”

Tropical forest birds, which tend to have wings that are short and round relative to their body length and shape, are more sensitive to habitat fragmentation than the long, slender-winged species common in temperate forests, according to an international collaboration that included scientists from Oregon State University.

For much of May 2023, wildland fires raged in western Canada. In the last few days of the month, blazes flared up thousands of miles to the east as well, in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia.

In the United States, low-income immigrant and minority children often live in environments that have highly polluted air.