A new global study shows that increasing soil salinity is systematically reshaping the storage and distribution of soil ...

Earth has experienced many icehouse and greenhouse climates. A new study shows how they connect to plate tectonics.

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...

Winter climate change is affecting the carbon exchange of northern coniferous forests, but the response depends upon reindeer grazing, according to a new study from the University of Oulu, Finland.

Human land use has removed a quarter of the carbon that would otherwise sit in vegetation and the top 12 inches of soil. That equates to roughly 344 billion metric tons of carbon. With pasture ...

Mars, the enigmatic Red Planet, has long captivated humanity with its stark, seemingly barren landscape. Today, it’s a cold, dry world – a shadow of its once-vibrant past. But what if this desolate ...

It’s long been known that snowshoe hare numbers in North American forests rise and fall dramatically in a predictable 10-year cycle. A year or two later, Canada lynx populations follow the same ...

Cracked mud and salt on the valley floor in Death Valley National Park in California can become a reflective pool after rains. Credit: NPS/Kurt Moses NASA scientists have uncovered significant changes ...