Genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence suggest the Indigenous population fell by more than 90% in the 70 years after the British invaded.

Opposing wet and dry conditions in Central and mainland Southeast Asia over the past millennium were controlled by climate variability over the Pacific and Indian oceans, a pattern likely to become mo...

The warming caused by climate breakdown in the landlocked east Asian country is transforming its fragile ecosystem

This study shows that over 80% of Holocene glacier advances coincide with major eruptions, suggesting explosive volcanism could trigger long-lasting cooling through feedbacks involving the ocean, sea ...

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Thawing permafrost emissions could accelerate climate change as Arctic soils become 25x to 100x more permeable, releasing much more gas.

My friend June Thunderstorm and I once spent a half an hour sitting in a meadow by a mountain lake, watching an inchworm dangle from the top of a stalk of grass, twist about in every possible…

Enriching δ18Op trend over WA and ACA with precipitation decreases over WA and WCA but increases over ECA during the Holocene These δ18Op enrichments mainly result from decreases in precipitation...

In eastern Siberia, climate alone cannot explain Late Holocene wildfire dynamics, and human activity is a potential driver of shorter, multi-centennial-scale variability of wildfire since c. 5000 year...

A sediment record millions of years old revealed that the tropical Andes heated up dramatically when atmospheric CO2 levels were similar to today’s.

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The warning lights from the cryosphere have been flashing red for several years and governments and policymakers ignore this at their peril.

In recent years, universities across many western nations, including several in the UK, have closed Earth science courses and downsized their geology departments. The University of Leicester is the la...

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 25 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00740-4Environmental changes in mountains often depend on elevation. This Review outlines how past and future temperature, precipitation and snowfall trends vary between mountains and lowlands across various mountain regions and discusses the drivers responsible.