New research calls for aquatic deoxygenation to be recognized as a critical planetary process under…
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Climate change refers to the long-term alteration of Earth’s climate patterns—primarily driven by human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial emissions that increase greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It affects global temperatures, weather systems, ocean currents, and ecosystems, leading to rising sea levels, more intense storms, droughts, wildfires, and biodiversity loss. Climate science combines atmospheric physics, oceanography, geology, and ecology to understand these shifts and predict future impacts. Ongoing research focuses on mitigation strategies like renewable energy, carbon capture, and reforestation, as well as adaptation efforts to protect communities, agriculture, and natural systems from escalating climate risks.
Multiple environmental pressures are harming bees whose pollination supports crops and flowering plants worldwide. You…
A new study uses boreholes drilled deep beneath Antarctic ice to investigate why the continent’s…
A population study suggests the human body may already be responding to changes in the…
A leaf-eared mouse living more than 6,700 meters (22,000 feet) above sea level in the…
A study suggests that severe pollinator losses may have sharply slowed plant adaptation. A morning…
A new study shows how changes in ocean circulation could reshape global rainfall patterns. A…
Struggling to sleep in the heat? The good news is that a handful of easy…
A new study finds that biodiversity loss accounts for the largest share of global environmental…
A powerful climate signal is building across the tropical Pacific, and satellites can see it…
Deep, clean convective clouds can reach high supersaturation levels that may allow aerosols to intensify…
Nitric oxide may play a larger role in city air pollution than scientists previously thought.…
North Pacific winter storm paths are moving toward the North Pole faster than scientists expected.…
A long drought on Flores may have helped drive Homo floresiensis and its prey away…
Hundreds of previously uncataloged Antarctic glacial earthquakes may reveal how Thwaites Glacier is changing near…
Sea-level rise is not just about the oceans. New research shows that sinking land is…
A new study suggests Antarctic ice loss may be reliably projected over the next several…
Coastal farmland in the Mid-Atlantic is being overtaken by rising seas faster than forests, revealing…