California has long been America’s trendsetter.  But even as the nation becomes energy self-sufficient, California is now ...

While millions of people care deeply about the environment, only a fraction take action on climate change. New research ...

Fresh shrimp will soon be hitting South Carolina docs. Underneath the waves, warming waters are changing how shrimp grow up ...

The field of applied Earth sciences is witnessing rapidly intensifying interactions among climate change, environmental processes, and mining activities.

New research suggests that wetlands created by the industrious rodents are carbon sinks, meaning they store a lot of ...

If all glaciers melt, sea level will rise by about 24cm. If the polar ice sheets melt, sea level will rise by more than 65m; ...

Geoengineering could protect the Amazon rainforest from climate change, new research shows. Stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) aims to artificially cool Earth by increasing the reflection of ...

Blocking the narrow waterway between Russia and Alaska could help stabilize a vulnerable system of ocean currents, scientists ...

Nigeria's National Defence College commandant describes climate change as a growing national security threat, calling for ...

Scientific models have predicted that climate change will drive oceans in the Northern Hemisphere to warm faster than oceans ...

Ancient Antarctic ice is revealing a surprising new chapter in Earth’s climate story, stretching back 3 million years. By ...