The first detailed observations of lightning's emergence inside a cloud have exposed how electric fields grow strong enough to let bolts fly.

In December 2020, a ring of warm water nearly 60 miles wide broke away from the Gulf Stream and displaced cold-water species sustaining many of New England’s commercial fisheries.

More than 20 million people in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia now face some of the worst food security risks in 35 years.

Modelling studies highlight the urgent need to improve air quality in cities and reduce exposure to pollution, particularly among children and the elderly.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels today are higher than at any point in the past 800,000 years or more.

Jenny McGuire plans to use the late Cenozoic fossil record in Africa — a span of 7.5 million years — to study the long-term relationships between animals, their traits, and how they respond to changes in their environments. 

Researchers reconstruct link between ocean warming and shift to smaller fish species using sediment samples from the Humboldt Current System.

When it comes to extreme weather, climate change usually gets all the attention. 

Even while skies are clearing over China, one type of particulate pollution continues to cause problems.

Large wildfires and severe heat events are happening more often at the same time, worsening air pollution across the western United States, a study led by Washington State University researchers has found.