Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing.

A study in Science examined how climate change will affect the habitat ranges of plant species. Another looked at what types ...

Climate change is impacting the world around us. The long-term shift in weather patterns has resulted in hotter temperatures, rising sea levels and the loss of wildlife. It has affected agriculture ...

Vegetation serves as a dynamic interface between the land, atmosphere, and hydrological cycle, modulating climate feedbacks through evapotranspiration, carbon sequestration, and moisture recycling.

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (WBFF) — Under the surface of the Chesapeake Bay is a wild wilderness that not many dare to explore. Luckily for the health of the Bay, that’s not the case for two women who work ...

Mass extinction risk: Between 7% and 16% of plant species may lose over 90% of their habitat by 2100 due to climate change. Habitat loss driver: Studies show that loss of suitable environmental ...

The vegetation in northern high latitudes was likely dense forest before cooling temperatures transformed it into grassland during the Late Miocene —a shift that further accelerated global cooling.

Urbanization, climate change, and fire suppression practices are contributing to increased wildfire risk at the densely ...

Brazilian scientists have pioneered a new vegetation model with a broader array of life strategies that is expected to provide a more accurate representation of the Amazon ecosystem’s functioning and ...

This study is finished by a team of Prof. Xiayun Xiao (Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences). Based on a well-dated, high-resolution sediment core from the Chaohu ...

When an asteroid as big as Mount Everest struck Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs and roughly a third of life on the planet. But many plants survived the devastation. In ...