Climate Change

A sea-ice scientist at the University of Tasmania is part of a new NASA satellite mission designed to deliver greater global coverage of land, sea and ice than all prior missions combined.

A study conducted by researchers from Murdoch University in Australia and Dalian Ocean University in China has found that offshore windfarms can improve marine ecosystems and diversify aquatic food chains.

The Hektoria Glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated by at least 8 kilometres in 2 months, a rate nearly 10 times faster than previously measured for a grounded glacier, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience and reported by the Australian Science Media Exchange.

The world is likely to come up against several shortages of critical minerals while transitioning to low-carbon sources of energy, according to international researchers.

A critical water source for vast areas of the Northern Territory is drying at an accelerating rate, according to new findings, with losses clearly visible from space.

The first of a pair of climate satellites designed to study heat emissions at Earth's poles for NASA is in orbit

Giant whirlpools in warming oceans could run counter to ocean stagnation that some have predicted could impact the Gulf Stream.