Extreme fire seasons in recent years highlight the urgent need to better understand wildfires within the broader context of ...

Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

In his first few weeks, President Trump has frozen climate spending, shaken up staffing at agencies like the E.P.A. and set ...

Alpine plants, fragile and adapted to live in a limited ecosystem, may be the canary in the coal mine of climate change.

Plants survive climate change using genetic variations. Scientists studied Marchantia polymorpha to find key adaptation ...

“The existence of winter doesn't disprove climate change,” says Stuart Evans, assistant professor of geography at the ...

Duke Energy Corp., one of the biggest US power providers, removed a mention of climate targets in its latest earnings release as the company builds more natural gas plants and reconsiders its coal ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Cathy Whitlock, Regents Professor ...

Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows. They have ...

Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing ...

As the world passes 1.5 degrees C of warming, a Cambridge scholar says that putting a deadline for action was the wrong way ...