While most people think first of atmospheric carbon emissions from fossil fuels when considering climate change, the planet’s soil actually...
Like Plato’s Cave, where fires reveal the portrait of an otherwise hidden reality, researchers have for the first time used...
A new global analysis of the last 19 million years of seafloor spreading rates found they have been slowing down....
Follow the pollen. Records from past plant life tell the real story of global temperatures, according to research from a...
Upwelling and downwelling play an important role in transporting the heat, carbon, and nutrients that affect Earth’s climate. Many studies...
Organic aerosols—such as those released in cooking—may stay in the atmosphere for several days, because of nanostructures formed by fatty...
Since the mid-20th century, research and discussion has focused on the negative effects of excess nitrogen on terrestrial and aquatic...
A new study by scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has used computer modeling to rank the factors responsible for...
If there was ever any doubt the 2011 discovery by a post-doctoral student was indeed the hottest rock on Earth,...
A new study in Environmental Research Letters shows striking disparities in the distribution of conserved land across multiple dimensions of...
As any resident of northern climates knows, a seasonal thaw is never straightforward. The freeze-thaw process can last over a...
Clouds come in myriad shapes, sizes and types, which control their effects on climate. New research led by the University...
