The ice‐covered season plays an important role in the development of river channels, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. 

Although conventional wisdom suggests that poor countries are more likely to bear a disproportionate burden of a worldwide carbon tax on fossil fuels used for electricity and transportation, the potential consequences of such a tax would vary depending on several factors, says new research co-written by a University of Illinois energy and environmental policy expert.

Total human carbon dioxide emissions could match those of Earth’s last major greenhouse warming event in fewer than five generations, new research finds.

Two new videos visualize how drastically global temperatures have changed since 1900 — and how much worse they will get by the end of this century.

Tropical Cyclone Oma appeared well-organized on satellite imagery as it moved through the Southern Pacific Ocean, just northwest of New Caledonia.

Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES) are a new kind of technology to harvest wind energy. 

In a new statement, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), which represents the national science academies of the EU Member States, Norway, and Switzerland, says its latest analysis reveals that technologies and techniques for removing CO2 from the atmosphere are becoming even more significant with the failure to reverse the growth in global emissions. 

A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reports that protecting coral reefs from fishing and pollution does not help coral populations cope with climate change. 

Many of the world’s largest cities are built near coasts, be it along rivers or oceans. 

Coal-fired power plants produce more than just the carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming.