Researchers have long been puzzled by the observed cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific and the Southern Ocean ...

Tropical forests exchange more CO2 with the atmosphere than any other terrestrial biome, meaning that even a relatively small shift in the balance of carbon uptake and release there could have a big ...

Planting more trees is often seen as one of the simplest ways to fight climate change, and it is. But a new study from UC Riverside shows that exactly where trees are planted matters just as much as ...

Orange, Calif. — Sept. 16, 2025 — A new study led by the U.S. Forest Service, with Chapman University as a key senior collaborator, published in Nature Communications, suggests the Earth’s own ...

The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions that haven't been seen on Earth for tens of millions of years. Subscribe to ...

More frequent and intense storms, sea-level rise and extensive rainfall fueled by climate change mean the island nation is likely to be hit especially hard by this week’s storm. By Sachi Kitajima ...

Matthew Troia, a UT San Antonio assistant professor, was awareded the distinguished Faculty Early Career Development Program ...

Introduction / Aline Chiabai -- Part I. Central American tropical forests, ecosystem services and human wellbeing -- An overview of forest biomes and ecoregions of Central America / Lenin Corrales, ...

A University of Florida professor visited the University of Connecticut on Thursday, Feb. 5, to discuss the impact of habitat fragmentation and drought on tropical plants. Emilio Bruna spoke to the ...

Tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and tropical storms, are linked to increased rates of drug-related deaths up to three ...