A leading ecologist from the University of St Andrews calls for coordinated action to investigate the environmental impacts of humanity’s...
Earthquakes themselves affect the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates, which in turn could impact on future earthquakes, according to new...
The climate pattern El Niño varies over time to such a degree that scientists will have difficulty detecting signs that...
Greenhouse gas emissions from air conditioners are expected to climb as economic growth drives efforts to control both temperature and...
Over the last two decades, almost 1,000 hydropower dams have been built around the globe. And while these dams provide...
A new study has found that oil palm can be farmed more sustainably on peatlands by re-wetting the land—conserving both...
Maps of the American West have featured ever darker shades of red over the past two decades. The colors illustrate...
From the ancient sludge of lakebeds in Asia’s Tibetan Plateau, scientists can decipher a vision of Earth’s future. That future,...
An international group of researchers led by geologists from Wits University in Johannesburg have come up with multiple lines of...
A single-celled marine microbe capable of photosynthesis and hunting and eating prey may be a secret weapon in the battle...
There are practical limits to the height at which aerosols may be deployed in the atmosphere to deflect incoming sunlight...
A new study challenges a commonly accepted explanation that a “sudden stratospheric warming” caused the unusually cold weather over the...
