Abrupt shifts within complex systems such as the Earth’s climate system are extremely hard to predict.

As the world’s largest unfrozen freshwater resource, groundwater is crucial for life on Earth. 

Forecasters can use images in social media to better communicate weather related hazards of hurricanes, according to a pair of new studies. 

A new UC Riverside study shows soot from large wildfires in California traps sunlight, making days warmer and drier than they ought to be.

Lake Ohrid, at 2 million years old, may be the most biodiverse lake of its size in the world, teeming with fish, snails, crustaceans, and more.

This year has already seen massive heatwaves around the globe, with cities in Mexico, India, Pakistan and Oman hitting temperatures near or past 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit).  

The increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves in recent decades is one of the effects of global climate change. 

Unusually early and intense blazes spread over Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands in late May and early June 2024.

Sweaty cows may not sound like the most exciting company, but in a warming world, researchers can’t get enough of them.

When it comes to the ocean’s response to global warming, we’re not in entirely uncharted waters.