Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), have used detailed weather models to...
The way rivers function is significantly affected by how much sediment they transport and deposit. River sediment—mostly sand, silt and...
Using satellites, we are now able to measure ice thickness in the Arctic—even in the summer. This is of great...
Scientists looking at the meteorological impacts of climate change have typically looked at increases in severe weather and hurricanes. Now,...
Since 2007, the world’s atmospheric methane concentration has risen at an accelerated rate, but scientists aren’t exactly sure why. This...
Recent efforts using computational modeling to understand how melting ice in Antarctica will impact the planet’s oceans have focused on...
What businesses and cities must do to stay within “safe and just” environmental limits for carbon, water, nutrients, land and...
Global warming and urbanization are expected to increase heat hazards in cities around the world, but higher temperatures may not...
The countless benefits of native forests include the capacity of tree biomass to store large amounts of carbon, which can...
Scientists have used centuries-old clam shells to see how the North Atlantic climate system reached a “tipping point” before the...
More than half the world’s 117 million lakes experience ice cover for part of the year. But with the rise...
New research published in PNAS today showed that, out of 26 countries, Indonesia accounted for 58.2% of the tropical deforestation...
