The first continent-wide mapping study of plant life across Antarctica reveals growth in previously uncharted areas and is set to inform conservation measures across the region.

The rising earth beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet will likely become a major factor in future sea level rise, a new study suggests. 

Caltech researchers have developed a new method to measure soil moisture in the shallow subterranean region between the surface and underground aquifers. 

In Brazil, climate and other human-made environmental changes threaten decades-long efforts to fight a widespread and debilitating parasitic disease. 

A new study has found that the Great Salt Lake, which has lost 73 percent of its water, is releasing climate-warming emissions.

Winter made a bold—if late—entrance to the mountains in southeastern Australia. 

As they are in many places around the globe, glaciers perched high in the Andes Mountains are shrinking.

Commercially important marine fish and invertebrate species will likely shift northwards under a warmer climate.

New analyses find that warming is fueling severe hot spells on both sides of the Atlantic this summer, spurring warnings about the need to guard against increasingly dangerous heat.

Wildfire smoke composition varies depending on factors like the type of fuel and whether the fire is smoldering or flaming, says UBC researcher Dr. Nadine Borduas-Dedekind.