According to a new study, the world’s largest lakes are being hit by severe heatwaves six times as frequently as they were around two decades ago.

Despite an overall trend of Arctic ice loss, the Bering Sea saw an expansion of sea ice due to a short-lived atmospheric-pressure pattern.

On one of the first mild days in February, Duke’s Emily Bernhardt and her stream ecology team donned their hip waders and ventured out to the sycamore-lined banks of New Hope Creek.

Cyclone Emnati marks the fifth time in six weeks that heavy rain and destructive wind are blowing in from the Indian Ocean.

The study highlights that the large-scale offshore wind farms can entail “serious environmental risks to the seafloors

The researchers found that what’s happening beneath the surface is indeed clearly correlated with above-ground plant traits.

Forest fires can have a significant effect on the amount of water flowing in nearby rivers and streams, and the impact can continue even years after the smoke clears.

The second biggest fish in the ocean is increasingly hard to find.

The world’s second-largest ice sheet is melting from the bottom up – and generating huge amounts of heat from hydropower.

The humble pine tree is more than just a common sight in North Carolina – it’s also a handy tool for monitoring the proliferation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in our state over time.