A thick Saharan Dust cloud will reach Central Florida this weekend, causing hazy skies and possibly triggering "dirty" rain.

A recent study by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) reveals a looming climate crisis: the world ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a packed ...

Historic forest fires in Brazil last year scorched through an area larger than the size of Italy, recording a burned area some 60 percent higher than average of the last ...

New research shows climate change may be overloading the Amazon's tree canopy, disrupting photosynthesis and signaling forest ...

Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its Biomass satellite mission—marking a ...

The world’s hottest rainforest is located not in the Amazon or anywhere else you might expect, but inside Biosphere 2, the experimental scientific research facility in the desert outside Tucson ...

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

June 22 marks World Rainforest Day, launched in 2017 by Rainforest Partnership to highlight the critical role of tropical forests. These ecosystems stabilize the climate, regulate rainfall, store vast ...

A graphic explaining Saharan dust. (Photo courtesy NWS, San Juan, Puerto Rico) “For a visual representation of heat-related and other local hazard risks, please refer to the NWS Experimental Graphical ...

Tropical Storm Barbara was strengthening off Mexico’s Pacific coast and could become a hurricane Monday. ... (5 to 10 centimeters) of rain are possible across portions of Guerrero, Michoacan ...