Research has pointed to the dangers of heavier and wetter snowfall, even as the number of snowy days decreases overall in California’s Sierra Nevada.

Data from some of the world's leading scientific agencies shows that global warming has sped up markedly since the mid‑2010s.

A new study shows hot, dry and windy weather that fuels extreme wildfires has nearly tripled worldwide in 45 years.

A coalition of health and environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging the rescinding of a ...

In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." ...

Last September, I traveled to this far north outpost as part of a research team from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Snowy owls that once glided across wide open spaces of the Arctic tundra are seeing their homes shrink under thickening ...

Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%.

It may be the most enduring love story in the shorebird world, two birds coming together from different parts of the hemisphere.

Materials describing the past and future of Glacier National Park were reportedly flagged for removal by the Trump administration as it continues its erasure of facts at national parks across the ...

For decades, a dominant argument for protecting forests has focused on carbon. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, store it in wood ...

Scientists around the world have been scrambling to fill in gaps and make space on their servers for American data sets, ...