The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than...
More frequent and intense heatwaves are the most deadly form of extreme weather made worse by global warming, with death...
Like you and me, microbes need some metals in their diet to stay healthy. The metals help the microbes fully...
Gravity and rock physics say slopes steeper than about 30°—known as the critical threshold angle, or the angle of repose—shouldn’t...
Long after a river has dried up, its channel belt lives on. Made up of swaths of sediment surrounding the...
While wildfires over recent years have raged across much of the western United States and pose significant hazards to wildlife...
Flood frequency analysis is a technique used to estimate flood risk, providing statistics such as the “100-year flood” or “500-year...
It’s hotly debated whether coastal wetlands can survive sea-level rise by migrating inland. A new analysis using highly detailed elevation...
The results of a first-of-its-kind study to quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers were released...
Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday....
A new analysis by researchers at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) has found that inactive yeast could be...
Scientists say they have identified the exact mechanism responsible for the exceptional tsunami that spread quickly across the world after...
