On the universal curve, performance climbs steadily as organisms warm until they reach an optimal temperature where activity ...

While New Jersey residents are enjoying impromptu trips to the beach, Molly the cat and Athena the dog  have come down with a ...

Freshwater lakes are critical ecosystems that regulate regional climates, support biodiversity, and provide essential ...

Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and ...

This year’s Conference of the Parties, the annual United Nations meeting meant to avert catastrophic climate change, was ...

Biologists thought that marine heat waves lowered urchin reproduction only at lethal temperatures. A new study shows ...

Scientists have developed a method to predict how different animals will respond to rising temperatures – and the outlook is grim, especially if the planet warms by 2°C (3.6°F) or more. Using climate ...

The Northeast Pacific ocean, off the U.S. West Coast, is experiencing its fourth-largest marine heat wave since record-keeping began in 1982. “The extent of the current Pacific marine heatwave should ...

From seabirds to sea lions, wildlife along the California coast are now facing “the Blob,” a massive marine heat wave that’s become a recurring anomaly since the early 2010s. The oceanic phenomenon ...

A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies. Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to ...

The 2021 heat dome in the Pacific Northwest that overwhelmed emergency rooms and left hundreds dead. The 2022 heat wave in India that devastated the wheat harvest. The deadly heat waves in France in ...