Climate disaster, pandemics, species extinction, violent conflict—we live in a time of multiple crises. Researchers and policymakers throughout the world...
Images of coastal houses being carried off into the sea due to eroding coastlines and powerful storm surges are becoming...
Long term exposure to arsenic in water may increase cardiovascular disease and especially heart disease risk even at exposure levels...
Over 20 million tons of plastic are estimated to end up in the environment every year, with much of it...
The combined impact of so-called “forever chemicals” is more harmful to the environment than single chemicals in isolation, a new...
A changing climate triggers a sudden shift in ocean circulation, creating weather havoc and plunging Earth into an abrupt new...
The El Niño event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall...
More than 800,000 km2 of the Arctic were affected by human activity in 2013, according to an analysis of satellite-derived...
Microbes in the environment, not fossil fuels, have been driving the recent surge in methane emissions globally, according to a...
Producing food and getting it to people’s plates entails a significant expenditure of energy and resources. Unfortunately, approximately one third...
Bringing a novel approach to a classic problem, researchers have revealed how changes in ocean chemistry over the past 2...
Geography textbooks describe the Earth’s mantle beneath its plates as a well-mixed viscous rock that moves along with those plates...
