All waste contains biological material. It cannot all be recycled efficiently, so large volumes have to be incinerated.

We don’t know precisely how hot things will get as climate change marches on, but there’s reason to believe animals in the tropics may not fare as well as their temperate relatives.

A glacier that had held an Alaskan slope in place for centuries is melting, releasing the soil beneath in what can be described as a slow-motion landslide, researchers say.

Coral reefs are extremely sensitive to temperature, making them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Securing plant production is a global task. Using a combination of new molecular and statistical methods, a research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) was able to show that material from gene banks can be used to improve traits in the maize plant. Old varieties can thus help to breed new varieties adapted to current and future climates.

The effects of climate change are sometimes difficult to grasp, but now a virtual reality forest, created by geographers, can let people walk through a simulated forest of today and see what various futures may hold for the trees.

The late fall season sampling indicates that delays in sea ice formation are supporting late-season biological production that has not been commonly observed before.

Warm, moist rivers of air may have continent-wide effects and influence climate change.

Carbon dioxide fuels photosynthesis, the process by which plants generate their food in the form of carbohydrates. 

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