The presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in all the world’s oceans but one has been in steady decline since...
At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and...
An international study, including researchers from The University of Western Australia, has unveiled new pathways to future copper deposits by...
Bio-based materials may pose a greater health risk to some of the planet’s most important species than the conventional plastics...
If Earth’s history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec....
Cities around the globe are increasingly experiencing dangerous heat as urban concrete and asphalt amplify rising temperatures. Tree-planting programs are...
Scientists and environmental activists have consistently called for drastic reductions in meat production as a way to reduce emissions and,...
Climate change has a profound impact on historical societal transformations. A recent study by Chinese researchers has found that the...
A study published in the journal One Earth explores how marine biodiversity conservation, human health and well-being are connected. The...
Cratons are fascinating yet enigmatic geological formations. Known to be relatively stable portions of the Earth’s continental crust, cratons have...
New studies about the Thwaites Glacier, also called the “Doomsday Glacier,” have sparked a conversation about geoengineering as a climate...
With wildfires growing more frequent and more intense in many parts of the world, scientists are looking to the past...
