Tropical storms often begin with an impressive display of pyrotechnics, but researchers have largely overlooked the role of lightning strikes in tropical ecosystems.

Forces that shape the Earth’s surface are recorded in a number of natural records, from tree rings to cave formations.

Researchers at Linköping University’s Department of Thematic Studies, Environmental Change, have developed a simple logger for greenhouse gas flows.

An international team of researchers has published the most detailed submarine map of the Artic Ocean. 

The latest round of offshore wind farms to be built in the UK could reduce household energy bills by producing electricity very cheaply.

An endangered aquatic insect that lives in icy streams fed by glaciers might not mind if the water grows warmer due to climate change.

As water levels rise from excessive monsoon rainfall, dam operators discharge water through spillway gates.

NASA’s Aqua satellite obtained visible imagery as Tropical Storm Hanna formed in the Gulf of Mexico and continued to organize.

A new study spells out what that means for the permafrost that underlies about 85% of the state, and the consequences for Earth’s global climate.

By mid-July 2020, rainfall had triggered flooding and landslides that affected millions of people across South and East Asia.