Roots play a vital role in crop plants.

The world’s tropical regions are home to the widest range of plants and animals, but research from The University of Queensland reveals that climate change is pushing species away, and fast.

Imagine a tropical forest and you might conjure up tall trees hung with vines, brightly colored birds, howling monkeys, and … rain.

After striking a glancing blow on South Korea, the storm will likely make landfall in North Korea.

NOAA partner collects quarry of deep ocean sound and mapping data

Coral conservation efforts could get a boost from a newly developed genotyping “chip” — the first of its kind for corals.

The effect of last Summer’s marine heatwave and coral bleaching will not be known until further surveys are completed this year

A new study says that many of the ice shelves ringing Antarctica could be vulnerable to quick destruction if rising temperatures drive melt water into the numerous fractures that currently penetrate their surfaces.

The world is moving too slowly in its efforts to confront climate change, and some communities are already experiencing serious losses because of limits to adaptation that leave bases uncovered.

Previous CU Boulder studies have looked at individual fire sites and found that forests recovered slowly or not at all.