Tropical storms pummeled the land and ravaged ecosystems. Powerful floods engulfed streets and left cars stuck in mud. And ...

Efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change have focused largely on the protection of tropical forests like the Amazon ...

XINING -- Chinese scientists have proposed new insights into how alpine ecosystem carbon cycling may respond to long-term climate change via a long-term study of plant phenological events in alpine ...

Of the numerous anthropogenic pressures that are being exerted on ecosystems globally, plastic pollution and climate change are potentially the most ...

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? The answer is a resounding yes—and we know this for certain because of the vast network of audio recorders that ...

Many ecosystems on Earth are affected by pulses of activity: temperature swings between seasons, incoming and outgoing tides, the yearly advent of rainy periods. These variations can play an important ...

Wisconsin winters are warming. The trend is one element of climate change that we are seeing and feeling. Next week WUWM is airing a series of stories exploring some of the facets of what scientists ...

Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators affect everything from elk grazing to vegetation height. They are still debating how to make sense of what they’ve learned.

Climate change is melting away glaciers around the world, but in the Andes Mountains, a wild relative of the llama is helping local ecosystems adapt to these changes by dropping big piles of dung.

Indonesia says 1,000 dead, some 1 million displaced from rains as report points at the threat posed by climate change.