Recent summer droughts in Europe are far more severe than anything in the past 2,100 years, according to a new study.

Changes in fire patterns have led to seasonal reductions in nitrogen dioxide pollution.

Flash floods, landslides, and power outages plagued the islands after torrential rains fell.

Findings indicate an ice-free landscape in a warmer climate.

As atmospheric concentrations of CFC-11 drop, the global ocean should become a source of the chemical by the middle of next century.

Largest study of its kind—62 sites worldwide—finds that in most cases economic value is higher when nature is protected or restored, rather than converted.

A new study lead by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science demonstrates that under realistic environmental conditions oil drifting in the ocean after the DWH oil spill photooxidized into persistent compounds within hours to days, instead over long periods of time as was thought during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 

The habitats of freshwater fish species are threatened by global warming, mainly due to rising water temperatures. 

One of the hardest hit coastal cities in Japan is still working to recover.

But in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter season ranked among the top-10 warmest.