Earthworms are a welcome sight for gardeners and farmers because the wriggling invertebrates recycle nutrients from soil, making them more...
Researchers have untangled puzzling patterns of sinking and rising land to pin down the underground locations where water is being...
A new study provides the first evidence that rising greenhouse gases have a long-term warming effect on the Amundsen Sea...
Usually when a geologist walks up to a sedimentary rock outcrop and starts scanning the layers of sand, mud and...
Even the High North can’t escape the global threat of plastic pollution. An international review study just released by the...
Global team of scientists determine ‘fingerprint’ for how much heat, drought is too much for forests
How hot is too hot, and how dry is too dry, for the Earth’s forests? A new study from an...
Changing the way fruit is gathered from a “tree of life” could have hugely positive environmental and financial impacts in...
Accelerating global warming is driving a rising tide of impacts that could cause profound human misery and ecological disaster, and...
The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality,...
Research led by Oregon State University shows that fires are more likely to burn their way into national forests than...
There is much more carbon stored in Earth’s soil than in its atmosphere. A significant portion of this soil carbon...
Face masks are important for slowing the spread of COVID-19 and protecting against smoke. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are...
