Permafrost, the thick layer of perennially frozen ground that covers much of the Arctic, slows down the migration of Arctic...
Any breach of what climate scientists agree is the safer limit on global warming would result in “irreversible consequences” for...
A database developed by the Global Dam Watch (GDW) consortium is set to transform the global understanding of dams and...
As the global push towards low-carbon societies accelerates, a new study reveals that justice concerns are increasingly surfacing in legal...
Natural climate patterns such as El Niño are causing tropical glaciers to lose their ice at an alarming rate, a...
Conventional food and agricultural production systems employ a linear “take, make, waste” approach: taking natural resources from the Earth to...
MBARI researchers, working alongside a team of international collaborators, have discovered large underwater ice formations at the edge of the...
The air quality in the City Hall subway station in downtown Philadelphia is much worse than on the sidewalks directly...
Mount Everest (also known as Chomolungma or Sagarmāthā) is famously the highest mountain in the Himalayas and indeed on Earth....
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz that has been used as a gemstone for many centuries and is a...
Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and...
New research has revealed that the impact of one of the world’s most influential global climate patterns is much more...
