Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

A new review published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences sheds light on one of climate science's enduring puzzles: how the ...

Some leaves in tropical forests from South America to South East Asia are getting so hot they may no longer be able to photosynthesize, with big potential consequences for the world’s forests ...

Meteorologists are monitoring two areas that could strengthen into tropical storms later this month and bring impacts to the U.S.

If tropical rainforests are the lungs of the Earth, then 2024 was a year of respiratory failure. Fires, fueled by climate ...

4th level; Tropical desert regions of the world Climate. Tropical deserts are hot and dry with summer and winter seasons. They have wide variation in daily temperature.

A world undergoing rapid warming might witness once vast climates fragmenting further. Such shifts could challenge species, compelling them to traverse daunting landscapes to find suitable habitats.

Tropical forest loss sped up in 2022, despite global pledge to halt deforestation A new analysis shows the world lost 10 million acres of tropical forest last year — an area the size of Switzerland.

The world lost a total area of tropical forest about the size of Switzerland in 2022, according to newly released data. Forests, vital to sequestering carbon, are threatened by deforestation ...

Tropical forests are reaching critical thresholds due to climate change. Scientists have recently discovered a phenomenon occurring in tropical forests that could be of great concern if global ...

Scientists say it remains unclear how much climate change is reshaping the storm season, or if it is responsible for the rare appearance of four tropical cyclones at the same time in the West ...