Researchers have developed global forecasts that can provide up to a year's advance notice of marine heatwaves, sudden and pronounced increases in ocean temperatures that can dramatically affect ocean ecosystems.

Antarctic sea ice coverage shrank to near-record low

Geological evidence shows the reef system has a history of demise and resilience.

A team of scientists explores how forests might be restored after centuries of spruce plantations and other intensive management.

Tidal activity potentially forcing large-scale lake drainage may temporarily promote ice shelf stability despite increased warming.

Above Santa Barbara County, the Surface Biology and Geology High-Frequency Time Series, or SHIFT, campaign collects data to understand land and aquatic ecosystems.

An international team of environmental scientists have published a series of significant recommendations to protect, conserve and study the world’s coral reefs – the ‘canaries in the coal mine’ of climate change.

Follow the pollen. Records from past plant life tell the real story of global temperatures, according to research from a climate scientist at Washington University in St. Louis.

Sponges in coral reefs, less flashy than their coral neighbors but important to the overall health of reefs, are among the earliest animals on the planet. 

As any resident of northern climates knows, a seasonal thaw is never straightforward.