Climate models are unreliable when it comes to predicting the damage that tropical cyclones will do to sensitive coral reefs,...
Scientists have shed new light on the timing and likely cause of major volcanic events that occurred millions of years...
Although they have not been around for long, microplastics have found their way to almost every ecosystem on the planet....
It’s rare to attend an outdoor party in warm weather without hearing people complain about mosquitoes. They swat away, sit...
Let’s pretend it’s the Late Cretaceous, roughly 66 to 100 million years ago. We’ve got dinosaurs roaming the land and...
Analyzing eight ice caves in four Austrian federal states, a team of geologists from the University of Innsbruck has comprehensively...
Multiple climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major...
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon most famous for the El Niño phase characterized by warm...
by Beate Kittl, Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL Millions of people depend on water from the glaciers...
A new study has revealed that exposure to pollutants from petroleum refineries has a strong link to stroke rates across...
Curtin University researchers and international collaborators using advanced satellite imagery have discovered an ancient reef-like landform “hidden” in plain view...
Every day, about one quadrillion gallons of water are silently pumped from the ground to the treetops. Earth’s plant life...
