To study extreme heat events, experts use observations and models to draw a picture of how often events of a given intensity occur in the present compared to the past or the future.

About six gigatons — roughly 12 times the mass of all living humans — of carbon appears to be emitted over land every year, according to data from the Chinese Global Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Scientific Experimental Satellite (TanSat).

The EU funded project DAFNE has developed a methodology for avoiding conflicts of use in transboundary rivers.

Many species within Kenya’s Tana River Basin will be unable to survive if global temperatures continue to rise as they are on track to do – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

Research from MIT Haystack Observatory finds a stratospheric warming event over Antarctica linked to anomalies in near-Earth space above North America and Europe.

The finding comes out of an effort to map where vegetation is emitting and soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Oceanic measurements collected during a scientific cruise on NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown last week confirmed that a large area of poorly oxygenated water is growing off the coast of Washington and Oregon.

Climate experts have published guidance to help water and sewerage companies and flood risk management authorities to prepare for future increases in rainfall intensities from global warming.

Wildfire activity amid extreme heat and drought has resulted in smoke blanketing much of the United States and Canada.

An international research team has come up with an innovative method for metal recovery from industrial waste.