Climate

While corals die along the Great Barrier Reef, humans struggle to adjust
It's the world's biggest coral reef system, home to some 400 types of coral. In the past 18 months, rising ocean temperatures helped cause the single greatest loss of coral ever recorded there.
Why are trees moving west?
Ecologists report that more and more trees are popping up west of where they'd typically grow. The study's authors hypothesize it has to do with moisture, not temperature.
Too hot to handle: Study shows Earth's killer heat worsens
Deadly heat waves are bigger killers than previously thought and are going to grow more frequent, according to a new study of fatal heat conditions. Still, those stretches may be less lethal in the future, as people become accustomed to them.