Africa's forested areas – an estimated 14 % of the global forest area – are continuing to decline at an increasing rate – mostly because of human activities to convert forest land for economic purposes. 

The new research project YESSS - Year-round EcoSystem Study on Svalbard - is focusing on how Arctic warming is changing over the seasons in Svalbard.

AWI research team shows that jellyfish play an important, previously unknown role in the diet of amphipods during the polar night.

Industry-academia partnership takes innovation in coral e-DNA monitoring to the next level.

Throughout human history, technologies have been used to make peoples’ lives richer and more comfortable, but they have also contributed to a global crisis threatening Earth’s climate, ecosystems and even our own survival.

Wetlands are Earth’s largest natural source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is about 30 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at warming the atmosphere.

Filaments of sea ice trace ocean currents, creating swirls visible along the coast of Labrador, in eastern Canada.

The word “vinyl” might sound innocuous, bringing to mind everyday items like LP records, flooring, pipes, or shiny plastic pants.

The new year started off unusually wet across the U.S., with extreme rainfall and flooding impacting parts of the southern Plains.

Communities of microorganisms at the bottom of polar lakes evolved independently from other regions, influenced by the particular geological, biological and climate history of their regions.