Soils are home to diverse microbial communities that cycle nutrients, support agriculture, and trap carbon – an important service for climate mitigation.

Iron-rich aerosols from the 2019-2020 fires fertilized huge phytoplankton populations in the far South Pacific.

Report finds the world’s nations have 11 years left to avoid catastrophic global warming

Keen to do your bit for the environment? Cut back on sweets, pastries, fried foods and processed meat.

Aapa mire is a northern peatland complex type characterized by wet, sparsely vegetated fens in the central part, while margins are dominated by peat mosses. 

Different countries face different risks and opportunities as the world switches from fossil fuels to renewable energy, researchers say.

Invasive species cause biodiversity loss and about $120 billion in annual damages in the U.S. alone.

From 1910 to 1970, humans killed an estimated 1.5 million baleen whales in the frigid water encircling Antarctica. 

As world leaders and decision-makers join forces at COP26 to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, new research, again, highlights the value of satellite data in understanding and monitoring climate change.

Clear skies between storm systems gave satellites a cloud-free view from the Coast Mountains in British Columbia to the Rockies in western Alberta.