A new report led by University of Arizona researchers compares the 2015 snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Ca...

The polar landscape is changing. Belinda Smith reports on shrinking ancient ice shelves.

An ice-breaker in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Sea ice is proliferating even as ice shelves are melting. – UIG-si-001 / ...

A starving female polar bear. Kerstin Langenberger Photography This shocking picture of a starving polar bear w...

The genetic structure of plant populations can change within 15 years.

The genetic diversity of wild plant species could be altered rapidly by climate change, according to a study by the U...

Seas around the world have risen an average of 7.6 centimetre since 1992, with some locations rising more than 23 cen...

NASA and University of California, Irvine researchers have uncovered a strong link between high wildfire risk in the ...

Although most glaciers around the world are retreating, Alaska’s Hubbard Glacier is one of the few that continues to ...

The Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager instrument on MSG-4, Europe's latest geostationary weather satellit...

Carbon released by burning fossil fuels could soon make radiocarbon dating impossible, scientists warn. Fossil fuels...

There has been much media coverage of the prospect of a so-called "mini ice age" as a result of research published wi...

We know air pollution makes us wheeze, but can it also play havoc with our weather? Kate Raviliou...

Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains cover buildings in Mianyang city, Beichuan County. Research...

This time-lapse, taken over several hours, shows an amazing stationary supercell being produced over the Black Hills ...