Today’s forests face a litany of threats that are being exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change: drought, heat, fires, and pest and pathogen outbreaks.

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity.

A new study challenges a commonly accepted explanation that a "sudden stratospheric warming" caused the unusually cold weather over the U.S. early last year, a view which was widely reported in the media and discussed among scientists at the time.

Continued anthropogenic climate change will increasingly enhance the odds of long, widespread and severe megadroughts

Methyl bromide is an important ozone depleting trace gas that is currently emitted primarily from natural sources.

Global weather fluctuations called El Niño events are likely to become more frequent by 2040, a new study shows.

Spring is beginning sooner in the United States, with 97 percent of 242 locations across the country experiencing temperature increases since 1970, according to a new analysis from Climate Central.

The death rate linked to extreme temperatures will increase significantly under global warming of 2°C, finds a report by researchers from UCL and the University of Reading.

The Amazon rainforest is likely losing resilience, data analysis from high-resolution satellite images suggests. 

Lower water consumption by lower elevation forests could mean they are less adapted to drought.