Time Is EverythingWhen it comes to distinguishing between weather and climate, weather generally covers short and specific ...

To explain the interplay of climate, area and isolation that underlies the marked global differences in biodiversity, a switch in focus from geographic space to climatic space offers a way forwards.

A geography professor has created a new interactive map that allows students or researchers to compare the climates of places anywhere in the world. The map draws on five decades of public ...

Climate change is projected to alter the physical environment in ways that will affect human health globally, regionally and locally. The choices that society makes to respond to climate change also ...

Giant trees are the largest and longest living organisms on the Earth and play an important ecological role in the natural world. Moreover, human societies recognize relatively large trees, and ...

Climate change is happening now, with human activity amplifying natural climate shifts. Evidence of climate change includes ...

In 2017, Hurricane Irma flooded parts of downtown Miami with storm surge. In his new book, "The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coast," Pulitzer-prize winning ...

Ms LEE Shuk Ming, Senior Scientific Officer of The Hong Kong Observatory (third left), Professor LAM Chiu Ying, SBS, former Director of the Hong Kong Observatory (fourth left), Professor LAM Yun Fat ...