The timing of snowmelt has implications for soil quality and, in turn, how things grow.

Increased levels of carbon dioxide — a hallmark of climate change — impair plants' growth and yield.

High-tech tracking of how and where these ocean creatures live is painting a picture of how ecosystems are influenced.

An international team of scientists tracks how fast and in which direction local climates — and species — have shifted.

Inez Fung is one of several esteemed co-authors of a landmark report that summarizes and highlights what is well understood in the field of climate study, and points to areas of uncertainty that require more research.

Scientists warn against the high risk of degradation of marine ecosystems and the human hardships that may result.

New data on the deep-diving creatures include a record-setting dive more than a mile deep.

Top predators of the Southern Ocean are tied both to the health of the ocean ecosystem and to global climate regulation through a mutual relationship with phytoplankton.

UC researchers offer insights on coping with the state's extended dry spell.

Forty-five years after scientists hypothesized that global warming would make Arctic Ocean surfaces darker, Scripps team determines, through satellite data, how much the planet’s albedo has diminished.

The combination of drought and warming climate may have major environmental consequences.

1976-77 drought could be mild in comparison: Paleoclimatologist believes we could be facing the driest water year in 500 years.