Tiny algae in Earth’s oceans and lakes take in sunlight and carbon dioxide and turn them into sugars that sustain the rest of the aquatic food web, gobbling up about as much carbon as all the world’s trees and plants combined.

Only about half of the carbon released through the conversion of peat to croplands was compensated by continuous carbon absorption in natural northern peatlands.

A new study of monsoon rainfall on the Indian subcontinent over the past million years provides vital clues about how the monsoons will respond to future climate change.

The surface of the sun churns with energy and frequently ejects masses of highly-magnetized plasma towards Earth. 

Sea ice thickness is inferred by measuring the height of the ice above the water, and this measurement is distorted by snow weighing the ice floe down. 

For birds and other wildlife, winter is a time of resource scarcity. 

Under global warming, tipping elements in the Earth system can destabilize each other and eventually lead to climate domino effects. 

More and more countries are promoting the expansion of wind farms at sea to support the transformation towards a carbon neutral energy production. 

It’s strawberry season in many parts of the U.S, and supermarkets are teeming with these fresh heart-shaped treats.

Global oceans absorb about 25% of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned.