Biologist James Stroud’s phone started buzzing early on Jan. 22. A friend who was bicycling to work past the white sands and palm tree edges of Key Biscayne, an island town south of Miami, sent Stroud a picture of a 2-foot-long lizard splayed out on its back. With its feet in the air, the iguana took up most of the sidewalk.

Results from a study published in the Journal of Biogeography indicate that wildfires may play a role in accelerating climate-driven species changes in mountain forests by compounding regional warming trends.

Month-on-month, year-on-year, the world continues to experience record high temperatures. 

The Western Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest warming places on earth. 

Scientists have long thought that rainfall has a dramatic effect on the evolution of mountainous landscapes, but the reasons for how and why have been elusive.

If you think that the Sahara is covered only by golden dunes and scorched rocks, you aren’t alone. 

The waters of the Gulf of Maine are warming faster than oceans almost anywhere on Earth. 

A new paper published by Brock researchers finds a large majority of Canadian teens believe they can fight climate change with their individual actions — but they’re not confident how.

A new study led by a University of Kentucky professor is sounding the alarm on the impact climate change could have on one of the world’s most vulnerable regions.

Raised beaches around the bay in Canada’s Ontario Province show how the landscape responded after the last ice age.