As warming ocean temperatures threaten the existence of coral reefs, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have successfully used an extremely high-resolution computer simulation of ocean circulation to identify possible “thermal refugia” where these biodiverse ecosystems are more likely to survive.

Lakes and other freshwater systems emit large quantities of methane, which is the second most important greenhouse gas worldwide after CO2. 

A UBC Okanagan research team has created a computer modelling program to help scientists predict the effect of climate damage and eventual restoration plans on coral reefs around the globe.

The huge amount of water vapor hurled into the atmosphere, as detected by NASA’s Microwave Limb Sounder, could end up temporarily warming Earth’s surface.

In the United States, pervasive and persistent heat domes put more than 150 million people under heat warnings and advisories in the month of July.

Seasonal hypoxic conditions in the Gulf of Mexico force many shrimp to relocate.

Utah’s Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded water level last month as a megadrought persists across the US southwest

Newly installed on the space station, the instrument, called EMIT, will help answer questions about how mineral dust from Earth’s arid regions affects climate.

Windstorms lofted sand and dust from the ground onto the Vatnajökull ice cap.

A new study develops a method to understand the role of microorganisms in increasing emissions of methane from seabeds.