Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for ...

A reported 90 countries, mainly in Africa, Central- and Southeast Asia, are experiencing degradation of water quality ...

Worms are vital for ecosystem services, mediating physical, chemical, and biological interactions, and serve as reliable ...

Climate change refers to a statistically defined change in the average and/or variability of the climate system, this includes the atmosphere, the water cycle, the land surface, ice and the living ...

This results in colder nights due to increased heat loss from the ground ... An increase of 1.5 °C is a threshold that is widely referenced in global climate change assessments, and it is important to ...

Heatwaves in the ocean often persist much longer than heatwaves on land ... due to climate phenomena such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. In areas of strong warming, changes in heat content can ...

Many of the nation’s biggest apple-generating regions are confronting challenges in crop growth and development, due to the ...

Computer models predict that hotter, drier conditions in North America will limit the growth of a fungus that normally curbs the spread of the spongy moth, an invasive species that has caused millions ...

Farmers are receiving less of what consumers spend on food, as modern food systems increasingly direct costs toward ...

Just 10,000 to 25,000 blue whales now roam the world's oceans, down from more than 350,000 due to devastating commercial ... According to researchers, climate change has a much bigger impact ...

Moments after his election as House Speaker on Friday, Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, wasted no time in highlighting ...