There is a 'mismatch' between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

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Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world’s mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them ...

Global temperature records have soared to unsettling highs, sparking justifiable concerns among climate watchers.

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

A research team led by Rumi Chunara—an NYU associate professor with appointments in both the Tandon School of Engineering and ...

Peatlands around the globe hold more carbon than all the world’s forests, and yet new research reveals a much lower ...

Dangerously cold temperatures were descending into the U.S. as far south as Texas on Tuesday, breaking records in some areas.

Algae don't get the credit or attention they deserve. They are responsible for much of the oxygen we breathe, play pivotal ...

The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho ...

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