Tropical storms pummeled the land and ravaged ecosystems. Powerful floods engulfed streets and left cars stuck in mud. And ...

XINING -- Chinese scientists have proposed new insights into how alpine ecosystem carbon cycling may respond to long-term climate change via a long-term study of plant phenological events in alpine ...

Efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change have focused largely on the protection of tropical forests like the Amazon ...

Indonesia says 1,000 dead, some 1 million displaced from rains as report points at the threat posed by climate change.

Wisconsin winters are warming. The trend is one element of climate change that we are seeing and feeling. Next week WUWM is airing a series of stories exploring some of the facets of what scientists ...

Of the numerous anthropogenic pressures that are being exerted on ecosystems globally, plastic pollution and climate change are potentially the most ...

Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators affect everything from elk grazing to vegetation height. They are still debating how to make sense of what they’ve learned.

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? The answer is a resounding yes—and we know this for certain because of the vast network of audio recorders that ...

Only 7% of Europe's original area of peatlands remain. What's more: their climate boundaries are shifting. An international ...

UNKNOWN to many is the existence of blue carbon ecosystems that can sequester up to five times more carbon dioxide than ...