As the foremost economic zone in China, the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region has recently been experiencing more frequent haze events, resulting in dramatic damages to human and ecosystem health.

A team led by University of Minnesota researchers has discovered that deep-sea bacteria dissolve carbon-containing rocks, releasing excess carbon into the ocean and atmosphere.

Scientists are using weather forecasts to predict the location and scale of impending meningitis outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa.

In the vast Colorado River basin, climate change is driving extreme, interconnected events among earth-system elements such as weather and water. 

Springtime ocean conditions promote North Atlantic blooms, but you wouldn't know that from looking with human eyes.

Carbon dioxide levels are now higher than at anytime in the past 3.6 million years.

A Texas A&M study shows weather events carried contaminated water to the Flower Garden Banks sanctuary off the Galveston Coast, much farther than expected.

With data from a 2016 expedition, scientists supported by NASA are shedding more light into the complex processes under the Greenland Ice Sheet that control how fast its glaciers slide toward the ocean and contribute to sea level rise.

The seasonal maximum extent of Arctic sea ice has passed, and with the passing of the vernal equinox, the sun has risen at the north pole.

Since the early 2000s, scientists have observed that the Antarctic ice sheet is losing mass at a rate that is accelerating.