The huge amount of water vapor hurled into the atmosphere, as detected by NASA’s Microwave Limb Sounder, could end up temporarily warming Earth’s surface.

In the United States, pervasive and persistent heat domes put more than 150 million people under heat warnings and advisories in the month of July.

Seasonal hypoxic conditions in the Gulf of Mexico force many shrimp to relocate.

Utah’s Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded water level last month as a megadrought persists across the US southwest

Newly installed on the space station, the instrument, called EMIT, will help answer questions about how mineral dust from Earth’s arid regions affects climate.

Windstorms lofted sand and dust from the ground onto the Vatnajökull ice cap.

A new study develops a method to understand the role of microorganisms in increasing emissions of methane from seabeds.

Study finds it necessary to conserve natural remnants of old foreasts in addition to restoring new forests.

From soaked to dry, the variable state of U.S. soils has implications for farmers and crop production.

Climate-induced changes endanger future of coastal ecosystems