The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions ...

A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, ...

As the global climate warms and the dry season lengthens, signs of a shift towards a hypertropical climate pattern are ...

As tropical forests experience chronic drying and more extreme droughts due to climate change, some plants are adapting by ...

A UC Berkeley-led analysis of tree mortality after two recent Amazonian droughts shows that “hot drought” conditions, which are becoming more frequent, are leading to tree dieoffs and reducing the ...

The region faces a confluence of factors, including the fastest sea level rise in the country, increasingly humid temperatures and extreme rainfall. By David Gelles With Tropical Storm Debby ...

Small, pale spots on the reddish-orange landscape of Mars have turned out to be a new clue that parts of the planet may once ...

A datacenter set up to operate in tropical climates is now up and running in Singapore, offering a facility for researchers and industry players to develop energy-efficient cooling technologies.

When we think of the word "tropic," the image that typically comes to mind is an exotic space, characterized by perpetual warmth and humidity, with frequent and heavy rainfall nurturing lush ...