As carbon dioxide accumulates in the atmosphere, the Earth will get hotter. But exactly how much warming will result from...
When designing repositories for high-level radioactive waste in deep geological layers, various factors must be carefully considered to ensure their...
Arctic and boreal latitudes are warming faster than any other region on Earth. In three new studies, Earth system scientists...
The length of time that Yellowstone Lake is covered by ice each year has not changed in the past century,...
By fueling the growth of plants that become kindling, carbon dioxide is driving an increase in the severity and frequency...
Models of the global carbon cycle typically include plants, microbes, soil, and the atmosphere. But they may be leaving out...
Nineteen out of 34 countries surveyed failed to fully meet their 2020 climate commitments set 15 years ago in Copenhagen,...
In a study published in Science Advances, scientists have used new lithium isotope (δ7Li) data to show that continental clay...
A University of Melbourne expedition to the southernmost waters encircling Antarctica has discovered that wind drives the formation of colossal...
A “rapid and far-reaching change” is necessary to prevent catastrophic climate change, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
University researchers have shown that a transition to green wastewater-treatment approaches in the U.S. that leverages the potential of carbon-financing...
The boreal forest, covering much of Canada and Alaska, and the treeless shrublands to the north of the forest region,...