2020 may not set a record, but it looks to be close.

Researchers tapped measurements from aircraft on international flights

Top 10 ways to get up-to-date information on fires and air quality.

A new study shows nutrients can aggravate the already negative effects of climate change on corals to trigger mass coral bleaching.

Following a notable increase in fire activity in August 2019 and a gradual rise in deforestation, scientists have been watching for signs of how 2020 might shape up. Several worrisome signs have emerged.

From cities to deserts, the intense heat gripping California is being closely monitored by an Earth-observing mission aboard the International Space Station.

NASA provided a series of photos of Hurricane Genevieve as it affected Mexico’s southern Baja California peninsula.

Abrupt climate changes during the Last Glacial Period, some 115,000 to 11,700 years ago, happened at the same time across a region extending from the Arctic to the Southern Hemisphere subtropics, new research has revealed.

As world temperatures rise, the rate at which plants in certain regions can absorb carbon dioxide is declining, according to University of Queensland research.

The Hawaiian tiger cowrie (Leho-kiko in Hawaiian) is a voracious predator of alien sponges such as the orange keyhole sponge, which can overgrow native corals and has become a concern as it spreads across reefs in Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu.