Climate & Environment
Scientists have developed a possible answer to a longstanding mystery about the chemistry of streamflow, which may have broad implications for watersheds and water quality around the world.
Glacial retreat in the Canadian Arctic has uncovered landscapes that haven’t been ice-free in more than 40,000 years, and the region may be experiencing its warmest century in 115,000 years.
Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought—and will likely lead to faster sea level rise—thanks to the continued, accelerating warming of the Earth’s atmosphere.
CIRES researchers harnessed 35 years of data to uncover responses of a high-elevation reservoir to a warming world.
The rate of Antarctic ice extent loss for December 2018 is the fastest in the satellite record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Will a longer, climate-induced growing season ultimately help coniferous forests to grow or hurt them?
Ozone layer depletion has increased snowfall over Antarctica in recent decades, partially mitigating the ongoing loss of the continent’s ice sheet mass.
New research shines a light on how rainfall shapes ridgetops, valley floors and the critical zone of Earth's surface.
The warbler hybrid suggests that bird species in sharp decline are struggling to find suitable mates.
Detailed observations of Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier help explain dynamic tidewater glacier speedup and slowdowns.