Tropical forests play a crucial role in protecting the planet from some of the worst effects of global warming because they ...

The European Space Agency’s new probe, Biomass, will spend five years orbiting the planet and gathering radar imagery of ...

There is an urgent need for building new approaches to tackle the disease. A multi-pronged strategy would also need an ...

but they are vulnerable to the world's ills, too. A new study, using NASA laser technology from the International Space Station, reveals the impact of climate change on global tropical forests ...

Tornadoes, wildfires, tropical cyclones and sea level rise are all on the list of dangers made worse by climate change.

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

Multiple climate 'tipping points' are likely to be triggered if global policies stay on their current course, new research shows.

The venom of one of the world's deadliest snakes is even stronger in dry weather, reveals new research. Russell's viper kills ...

The Biomass mission will use a long-forbidden part of the radio spectrum to see how much carbon forests capture.

The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...

Rising sea levels and extreme weather events increasingly threaten the US submarine force's infrastructure. They could also ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces ...