Prior to European settlement, wetlands, lakes and streams were the major landscape features of the Chicago region.

New research from The Australian National University (ANU) could help protect our plants and animals from extinction, by allowing scientists to predict which currently thriving species might be at risk in the future.

Glaciers are retreating in Glacier National Park and across the globe due to climate change.

In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are getting stronger.

Climate change is projected to lead to more frequent and severe droughts in California.

The prolonged period of dry weather in the Czech Republic has resulted in what experts are calling the ‘worst drought in 500 years.’ Scientists are using ESA satellite data to monitor the drought that’s gripped the country.

Surprising glacial and nearly ice-free periods in last 66 million years.

In a recently published study, researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology revealed the largest and hottest shield volcano on Earth.

Vegetation changes can outweigh climate change in rangeland water budgets.

New understanding can aid commercial and recreational fisheries management.