New research, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published recently in the journal Climate of the Past, is...
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, international scientists have taken on a persistent problem in climate science: near-term...
On the massive sheets of ice that stretch across Greenland and Antarctica, the temperature is so low that not even...
Thirty years ago, on the flanks of a volcano in California’s Sierra Nevada range, trees began to die en masse,...
Earthquakes do more than buckle streets and topple buildings. Seismic waves generated by earthquakes pass through the Earth, acting like...
On January 15, the volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai devastated the nation of Tonga. The eruption triggered tsunamis as far afield...
When cities or counties institute plastic bag bans or fees, the idea is to reduce the amount of plastic headed...
After the successful ban of the flame-retardant substances called PBDEs in the early 2000s, it got replaced by another problematic...
A new study finds that temporary nature-based carbon removal can lower global peak warming levels but only if complemented by...
In the Southern Hemisphere, the ice cover around Antarctica gradually expands from March to October each year. During this time...
The Arctic is rapidly losing sea ice, and less ice means more open water, and more open water means more...
Helium-3, a rare isotope of helium gas, is leaking out of Earth’s core, a new study reports. Because almost all...
