It is possible for corruption to lead to better environmental efficiency and improved economy in developing countries, according to a...
Geophysicists at ETH Zurich have shown that every single wave of a magnitude 3.9 earthquake registers in the noise suppression...
Worldwide, coastal river deltas are home to more than half a billion people, supporting fisheries, agriculture, cities, and fertile ecosystems....
Extreme events like tropical cyclones have immediate impacts, but also long-term implications for societies. A new study published in the...
Blame it on plate tectonics. The deep ocean is never preserved, but instead is lost to time as the seafloor...
Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants from coal-fired power plants (coal PM2.5) is associated with a risk of mortality more...
Peru has lost more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades, and 175 glaciers became extinct...
Spurred by the current climate crisis, there has been heightened attention within the scientific community in recent years to how...
A new study published in Nature demonstrates that estimates of current land-based emissions vary between scientific models and national greenhouse...
More and more plastic litter ends up in oceans every day. Satellite images can help detect accumulations of litter along...
Existing consumption and production systems, which use natural resources to meet societal needs for food, shelter, energy and health, are...
Since launching 16 months ago, the EMIT imaging spectrometer aboard the International Space Station has shown an ability to detect...
