Han’s team estimates that the area covered by salty seawater in this Southern Indian Ocean region has shrunk by about 30% over the past 60 years. They describe it as the fastest freshening seen ...

Rainfall is often treated as a gift of geography — a function of latitude, oceans, and atmospheric circulation. A growing body of research suggests that in the tropics, it is also a product of ...

India's tier-2 and tier-3 cities are warming rapidly. Can their heat action plans keep up with rising temperatures? Experts break down the gaps and challenges that keep policies from turning into ...

A major breakthrough could help save the world’s bananas from a devastating disease. Scientists have discovered the exact genetic region in a wild banana that provides resistance to Fusarium wilt ...

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