Wei-Jun Cai, an expert in marine chemistry at the University of Delaware, is sounding new alarm bells about the changing chemistry of the western region of the Arctic Ocean, where he and an international team of collaborators have found acidity levels increasing three to four times faster than ocean waters elsewhere.

University of Adelaide research shows that in cases where biodiversity metrics show no change or little change, there may still be reorganisation of ecological communities in our oceans.

Which organisms survive and which succumb when the climate changes? 

The ability of rainforests to store carbon can decrease in pace with climate change.

Copepods are among the most important organisms in the ocean.

If global warming persists, blue lakes worldwide are at risk of turning green-brown, according to a new study which presents the first global inventory of lake color. 

Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes trees to put more resource into developing root systems below ground.

Climate models are unreliable when it comes to predicting the damage that tropical cyclones will do to sensitive coral reefs, according to a new study published in the journal Earth’s Future.

Most people think termites are a nuisance that consume wood in homes and businesses.

Plastics, now ubiquitous in the modern world, have become a rising threat to human and environmental health.