Laughing gas (nitrous oxide or N₂O) is primarily released by the microorganisms responsible for cleaning our wastewater. These microbes live...
Mercury is released by environmental and human-driven processes. Some forms, specifically methylmercury, are toxic to humans. Therefore, policies and regulations...
Like an expertly choreographed dance, the sequence and timing of natural events through a season, called phenology, give us clues...
A new study of the 28 most populous U.S. cities finds that all are sinking to one degree or another....
Heriot-Watt scientists have discovered giant underwater mud waves buried deep below the Atlantic Ocean, 400 kilometers off the coast of...
Volcanoes erupting underwater have a distinctive effect on the climate that is larger and more widespread than previously thought, according...
About 240 miles long, Utah’s Wasatch Fault stretches along the western edge of the Wasatch Mountains from southern Idaho to...
The history of metal pollution in the city of São Paulo, the largest metropolis in Brazil and the Southern Hemisphere,...
A recent study from the University of Georgia published in GeoHealth found a smartphone application designed to assess heat-related risks...
Those who climb indoors are doing something for their health. But climbing shoes contain chemicals of concern that can enter...
Scientists say that PFAS, nicknamed “forever chemicals,” are building up in animals like polar bears, seals, and birds and at...
Scientists believe they have found a way to improve warning systems for vulnerable communities threatened by humid heat waves, which...
