Winter sea ice in the Antarctic is at a historic low, and scientists are working to understand why an area of ice the size of Greenland is missing. 

Wildfires are an ancient force shaping the environment, but they have grown in frequency, range and intensity in response to a changing climate.

Earth’s soil contains large stocks of carbon — even more carbon than in the atmosphere. A significant portion of this soil carbon is in organic form (carbon bound to carbon), called soil organic carbon (SOC).

In mid-July 2023, heat-stressed corals in the southern Florida Keys began bleaching—expelling their food-producing algal partners—amid the hottest water temperatures ever documented in the region during the satellite record (dating back to 1985).

When driving through a rainstorm, traction is key.

An annual survey led by VIMS researchers mapped 76,462 acres of underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in 2022. 

A patch of ocean in the North Atlantic is stubbornly cooling while much of the planet warms. 

Overlooked riverine inputs of dissolved neodymium and hafnium to the ocean.

In past ice ages, the intensity of summer insolation affected the emergence of warm and cold periods and played an important role in triggering abrupt climate changes, a study by climate researchers, geoscientists, and environmental physicists suggests.

Earth is rapidly warming and scientists are developing a variety of approaches to reduce the effects of climate change.