Global warming would be worse were it not for extra vegetation that changes how and where heat builds up across the landscape.

Nearly 100 percent of the red snapper sampled in the Gulf of Mexico over a six-year period showed evidence of liver damage.

Severe river floods are escalating in temperate climates and putting at risk populations, livelihoods and property.

The researchers used excess cattle manure from local producers.

Nanoplastic debris can clump in estuaries, forming larger clusters that either settle or stick to solid objects.

Adding a simple polymer to fertilizers or pesticides could dramatically reduce agricultural pollution, suggests a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia.  

The annually occurring algal spring blooms play an important role for our climate, as they remove large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. 

While the region has seen less deforestation than other parts of Indonesia, large-scale clearing is still evident.

When the Arctic polar vortex is especially strong and stable, the coldest polar air stays in the Arctic.

In light of the United Nations (UN) declaration that 2021-2030 is the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a group of scientists voice concerns about restoration in heavily fragmented landscapes under a hotter and drier future scenario.