Fatal drownings are a big risk for small-scale fishers on Africa’s largest lake, with many of those deaths attributed to...
Chemicals within microplastics that are found in our world’s oceans and waterways, and in drinking water sources, remain of concern...
In 2016, observers in the wetlands of Louisiana’s Bird’s Foot Delta began to note dying stands of Phragmites australis, locally...
Cigarette smoke has been studied for years, revealing a multitude of contaminants, including toxic metals. But exactly which of those...
As much as 70% of California was covered by wildfire smoke during parts of 2020 and 2021, according to a...
Late on August 31, 1886, while many people were asleep, a large quake rocked Charleston, South Carolina, and the surrounding...
Researchers have built a prototype fiber optic gyroscope for high resolution, real-time monitoring of ground rotations caused by earthquakes in...
Deposits of designated critical minerals needed to transition the world’s energy systems away from fossil fuels may, ironically enough, be...
New MBARI research on a field of pockmarks—large, circular depressions on the seafloor—offshore of Central California has revealed that powerful...
Dozens of Alaska’s most remote streams and rivers are turning from a crystal clear blue into a cloudy orange, and...
Few things in nature are as predictable as ocean tides. Driven by the moon’s and sun’s gravitational pull, these persistent,...
Since 2015, the Amazon has been slower to recover from increasing drought events, but, overall, the rainforest still shows a...
