Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of ...

Climate change is often seen as a distant problem, affecting polar bears or coastal cities far away. However, it has a direct ...

Bacteria and other single-celled microorganisms in the seas around Antarctica are strongly influenced by water temperature ...

A Definition Heatwaves are a phenomenon that many have experienced, especially during the summer months. These events are ...

In an interdisciplinary cooperation project of the EU-projects FACE-IT, ECOTIP, and SEA-Quester, scientists investigated the ...

Polar pelagic ecosystems, which include the open waters of the Arctic and Antarctic, are experiencing significant changes due to climate change. Rising ...

With the world on the threshold of 1.5°C of warming , one pressing question is: how bad can it get ? The answer may lie ...

Global sea ice cover fell to a historic low in February when the world continued to experience exceptional heat, Europe's ...

Forests are among the most important ecosystems in nature ... revealing that spruce trees are particularly affected by climate change, becoming increasingly vulnerable due to longer dry periods ...

All organisms in an ecosystem are interconnected, and any imbalance in this complex relationship can have irreversible ...

The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...