An instrument built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to map minerals on Earth is now revealing clues about water quality....
A natural alternative to pesticides may be hiding in a misunderstood plant compound—but it could come at an environmental cost....
Coastal planners take heed: Newly uncovered evidence from fossil corals found on an island chain in the Indian Ocean suggests...
Forest fires are a fundamental force in Earth’s dynamics with a direct impact on human health, food security, and biodiversity....
Scientists have uncovered new evidence to suggest that Earth is leaking gases from deep inside its mantle—even in regions without...
The “Big Five” mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience community and the...
Heat waves, droughts and forest fires are some of the extreme climate-related events that are expected not only to become...
Even though the topic seems to have slipped down the political agenda, comprehensive measures to combat global heating enjoy widespread...
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, shifting tectonic plates—these are all signs that our planet is alive. But what is revealed deep inside...
New research from scientists at Trinity College Dublin strongly implies that heat waves have a major influence on the spread...
Heat waves and cold spells are part of life on the Great Lakes. But new research from the University of...
The 120-mile Tijuana River flows from Baja California into the United States and discharges millions of gallons of wastewater—including sewage,...
