New research reveals that shifts in plant life played a key role in speeding up major climate changes during the late Miocene ...

It’s well established that the slow incremental “press” of rising temperatures is changing the Arctic landscape, threatening ...

The geology of the Cascadia subduction zone has largely staved off climate-related sea-level rise in the Pacific Northwest, ...

Some species are already moving toward higher latitudes and altitudes with cooler temperatures, altering their geographic ...

Paul Loikith of Portland State University and his colleagues investigated why the lake dropped so low. They found that most of the drop resulted from reduced streamflow into the lake. But warmer ...

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University students who are pursuing careers in geoscience and energy engineering will have access ...

In LawnStarter’s 2025 rankings of the best cities for World Naked Gardening Day on May 3, Arizona cities fell flat. Phoenix ...

The land bridge created by mantle-driven uplift gave early primates and other animals opportunities to branch out.

A new study has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as effective carbon sinks. The findings suggest that the capacity of polar oceans to ...

With their election to the prestigious honor society, eight members of the Brown University faculty join the nation’s leading ...

More than four-fifths of the world's coral reef areas have been affected by devastating mass bleaching spurred by record-high ...

Rice is a staple food for billions of people around the planet, but a new study suggests climate change may increase arsenic levels contained within the grain. Rice is a staple food for more than ...